US elections: Zardari congratulates Obama
Pakistan is a key ally in the US "war on terror" but anti-American feeling runs deep in the nuclear-armed nation and relations with Washington over the past two years have been fraught.
The fractious friends lurched from crisis to crisis in 2011, first over a CIA contractor who shot dead two people in the eastern city of Lahore, then over the US raid that found and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, and finally over botched air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani border guards.
"President Asif Ali Zardari has warmly felicitated President Barack Obama on his re-election as the President of the United States of America," a statement from Zardari's office said.
"The President expressed the hope that the relationship between Pakistan and the US would continue to prosper during President Obama's new term in office."
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@Cautious: http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2012/11/08/obama-world-leader-calls-re-election/1692269/
Did he replied ?
I always wondered with all the World leaders calling which ones the President personally talks to vs having his subordinates take messages. Perhaps a Pakistani reporter can ask Zardari if he actually talked to Obama? Might be a sign of how relations are going to unfold during the next 4 yrs.
Was it a 'collect' call?
I also pray for strong bond of friendship between the two .
Congratulations to both .
I also pray for strong bond of friendship between the two .