Lt. General Ahmad Shuja Pasha made a brief visit to Washington, arriving on Wednesday and leaving on Thursday, to meet with Acting CIA Director Michael Morell and other intelligence officials.
“The discussions today between Gen. Pasha and the acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency went very well,” a US official said.
“They agreed on a number of steps that will improve Pakistani and US national security,” the official said, without disclosing any more details. The Pakistani Embassy in Washington had no immediate comment.
The relationship between US and Pakistani intelligence services was especially strained after US special forces conducted a secret raid in Pakistan in May that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan branded the operation a violation of its sovereignty and Pasha offered to resign.
Pasha had also been expected to meet with the heads of congressional intelligence committees during this visit, but the meeting did not happen because of time constraints, a US source familiar with the visit said.
Meanwhile, Gen. David Petraeus, the outgoing US commander in Afghanistan, and his soon-to-be successor met with top military leaders in Islamabad on Thursday.
Petraeus and Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen’s visit was part of a flurry over meetings between diplomats and military leaders of the two countries since the May 2 strike against the al-Qaida chief in Abbottabad.
Pakistani civilian and military leaders are angry over the raid because the Americans did not warn them about it, although they insist they had no idea the terror leader was on their soil. In response, they have kicked out many US military trainers and asked the Americans to reduce their footprint in the country.
