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Kerry Lugar Bill a 'milestone', critics should read it first: Clinton | Terming the Kerry-Lugar Bill a 'milestone' in Pak-US bilateral relations, US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton has asked all critics of the 1.5 billion dollar annual assistance package to first read the Bill. Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistan's Foreign
Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington, Clinton said the focus of the Kerry
Lugar Bill would be to improve education, health and other basic amenities in
the troubled nation. Clinton said Washington would continue its cooperation with
Pakistan in order to help to overcome all crises it is facing currently. "We want
to play our role to remove poverty and improve health and education sectors in
Pakistan," The News quoted Clinton, as saying. "A US team will visit Pakistan
in the current month to hold dialogue on energy crisis faced by the country,"
she added. Responding to questions regarding wide scale discontent among Pakistani
leaders and public over the massive expansion of the US embassy in Islamabad,
Qureshi said Washington has no intention of Pakistan's micro-management. "Islamabad
will compromise on the national sovereignty. US wants to establish long-term relationship
with Pakistan. It respects the sovereignty of Pakistan and does not want to destabilize
it," Qureshi added. He said the Kerry-Lugar Bill would improve the living standards
of the Pakistanis. When asked about the meeting with his Indian counterpart, S.M.
Krishna, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Qureshi said the meeting was
positive. "It was an opportunity to understand each other," Qureshi said. |
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