Bilateral Trade: Sherry Rehman urges Pak-US cooperation

Ambassador Rehman underscored the need for trade to be the foundation of Pakistan-US relations.

The ambassador said during her assignment she was guided by the belief that Pakistan and the US should have sustained relations on the basis of mutual respect. PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON:


Pakistan’s outgoing ambassador to the United States (US) Sherry Rehman, in her farewell speech to a gathering of senior American officials called for using trade as the engine for enhanced bilateral partnership.

The ambassador said during her assignment she was guided by the belief that Pakistan and the US should have sustained relations on the basis of mutual respect. During her address, Ambassador Rehman underscored the need for trade to be the foundation of Pakistan-US relations.



The farewell reception was attended by top US officials including White house advisor Lt Gen Douglas Lute, former US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, American think tank experts and journalists.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 19th, 2013.

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