Pak-US strategic dialogue will start today in Washington. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani held meetings with American officials. The COAD, in the run-up to the strategic talks, held meetings with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General David Petraeus, head of the US Central Command, and other senior U.S. military officials. Then the FM and COAS also held meeting with Senetor John Kerry. Qureshi said that meeting remained succeful. He had informed the officials about Pakistans concerns. In which law-making in the Senate about FATA was also included. In the first ministerial-level strategic talks scheduled on Wednesday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will focus on security cooperation between the two uneasy allies to fight Islamist militants. The talks will also tackle U.S. help to bolster Pakistan's weak economy and help it overcome growing water and energy crises.
