WASHINGTON - The US Department of State has said that Pakistan is an important partner in supporting a secure and stable Afghanistan, which is vital to the security of the region.
The State Department’s spokesperson Jen Psaki said during a daily media briefing here, “Pakistan’s own security and stability is tied to a successful outcome in Afghanistan and any steps that continue to build the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in our view, are very important”,.
To a question, she said that the US was aware, of course, that Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz visited Afghanistan this weekend. Without disclosing any specifics in terms of a date, she further said that the US Secretary of State John Kerry was likely to visit Pakistan shortly.