Obama receives updates on Pak-US ties

Update is on range of issues of mutual interest, including efforts to strengthen cooperation along the Af-Pak border. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama received an update on the US engagement with the government of  Pakistan, according to a press release issued by the White House.

The update is “on a range of issues of mutual interest, including efforts to strengthen cooperation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border”, stated the release.

It also said that President Obama received updates on Afghanistan, including the Afghan security forces, reconciliation and preparations for the Nato Summit in Chicago.

The press release said that the US “will further define the ongoing transition to Afghan-lead security and Nato’s commitment to the future of Afghanistan as agreed to at the 2010 Nato Summit in Lisbon at the Nato Summit in Chicago to be held later this year”.