ISLAMABAD, 7 May 2007 — Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is arriving here today for talks with Pakistani leaders.
Official sources told Arab News, the NATO secretary-general will discuss cooperation in the war on terror and issues of mutual concern with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Defense Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and other senior military officials.
Pakistan and NATO are closely working to combat global terrorism.
NATO has deployed 36,000 troops in Afghanistan while Pakistan has stationed over 80,000 troops to check cross-border insurgency. Islamabad is considered a non-NATO ally of the US in the war against terrorism. NATO secretary-general will later visit Afghanistan.
