Mattis confirmed Pompeo and Dunford's arrival during a news briefing at Pentagon in Washington.
PHOTO:RADIO PAKISTAN
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford will be arriving in Pakistan next week, Radio Pakistan reported.
US Secretary of Defence James Mattis confirmed the visit at a Wednesday Pentagon presser. Mattis went on to add how terror was a common foe and the fight against the scourge would constitute an integral part of talks in Islamabad.
State Dept's ‘factually incorrect’ statement on Imran-Pompeo call angers Pakistan
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s desire to improve relations with the US earlier on Tuesday. He made the remarks at the Senate.
Qureshi said national security and foreign policy were inextricably linked. Given the challenges confronting the nation, the Parliament's input was crucial when it came to formulating foreign policy, he said.
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Pompeo and Dunford's visit comes in the aftermath of a “factually incorrect” statement the US State Department issued on a telephonic conversation between Pompeo and Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan took strong exception to the statement.
Pompeo is expected to reach Pakistan on September 5.
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