Resetting ties: FM Qureshi to meet Pompeo, Bolton today

Qureshi will also meet members of the US Congress

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US National Security Adviser John Bolton in Washington on Tuesday, Radio Pakistan reported.

Regional issues and bilateral relations are expected to be discussed in the meetings as the two countries move towards resetting ties which frayed after US President Donald Trump assumed office.

The high-level huddle is on top of the foreign minister's agenda and is aimed at following up on progress made during Pompeo's earlier trip to Islamabad.

FM Qureshi will also meet with members of the US Congress and address an event at the US Institute for Peace.



Earlier, FM Qureshi said US President Donald Trump intended to rebuild Pak-US relations.

“I met with President Trump at the reception where I had the opportunity to discuss Pakistan-US relations with him. I requested him that we have had cordial relations and need to rebuild them,” he said while speaking after meeting the US president on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.

The foreign minister added he had discussed with Trump matters relating to bilateral relations. “President Trump extended good wishes for Prime Minister Imran Khan,” he said.



During his high profile September visit, Pompeo, along with Chairman US Joint Chief of Staff General Joseph Dunford and other senior officials, held talks with Qureshi, Prime Minister Imran Khan and army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The foreign minister had said Pompeo's visit concluded positively as the top US diplomat invited him to visit Washington.