New York : Pointing that Pakistan has paid the biggest price for conflict in Afghanistan, President Asif Ali Zardari told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that peace and stability in his country were tied to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.
Mr Zardari met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York yesterday on the sidelines of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly.
According to a news release issued by Pakistan's mission to the UN, Mr Zardari and Mrs Clinton had an in-depth conversation on the way forward in bilateral relations.
"No country has paid a higher price for the conflict in Afghanistan than Pakistan," the release quoted Mr Zardari as saying. He said Pakistan was prepared to do everything in its power to help an Afghan owned and Afghan led reconciliation process, the release said.
Hillary Clinton reiterated the desire of US government to continue working with Pakistan for further strengthening bilateral relations and for peace, stability and socio-economic development of the region.
The two leaders also reviewed recent developments in bilateral ties including the opening of the Ground Lines of Communications, high level contacts between the two sides and signing of MOU on the upgradation of the Peshawar Torkham road.
The supply routes into Afghanistan were reopened by Pakistan after Hillary Clinton had in July offered her "deepest regrets" for the deadly cross border attack by NATO last November that had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
The air raid had brought ties between the two countries to new lows after relations soured following the US raid in Pakistan's Abbottabad town in May that had killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Mr Zardari met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York yesterday on the sidelines of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly.
According to a news release issued by Pakistan's mission to the UN, Mr Zardari and Mrs Clinton had an in-depth conversation on the way forward in bilateral relations.
"No country has paid a higher price for the conflict in Afghanistan than Pakistan," the release quoted Mr Zardari as saying. He said Pakistan was prepared to do everything in its power to help an Afghan owned and Afghan led reconciliation process, the release said.
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Hillary Clinton reiterated the desire of US government to continue working with Pakistan for further strengthening bilateral relations and for peace, stability and socio-economic development of the region.
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The two leaders also reviewed recent developments in bilateral ties including the opening of the Ground Lines of Communications, high level contacts between the two sides and signing of MOU on the upgradation of the Peshawar Torkham road.
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The supply routes into Afghanistan were reopened by Pakistan after Hillary Clinton had in July offered her "deepest regrets" for the deadly cross border attack by NATO last November that had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
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The air raid had brought ties between the two countries to new lows after relations soured following the US raid in Pakistan's Abbottabad town in May that had killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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