US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets PM Imran in Islamabad

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM House.

In the meeting, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and others are present.

Sources said that the talks will revolve around Pak-US ties and peace process in Afghanistan.

Upon arrival in Islamabad, Pompeo held talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Pompeo, who is accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and a four-member delegation, was received by Qureshi upon reaching the Foreign Office from Nur Khan Airbase.

During the talks at the FO, bilateral, regional and international issues were discussed.

FM Qureshi underscored the need to reset bilateral ties on the basis of mutual trust and respect, the FO said regarding the talks.

Safeguarding Pakistan’s national interests will remain supreme priority, it added.

Earlier this afternoon, Pompeo landed in Islamabad and was received by officials of the Foreign Ministry.

This is the first high-level visit from Washington since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government assumed office.

Pompeo is also expected to call on Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa during his brief stay in the capital, diplomatic sources said.

He is due to visit India on the next stop of his South Asia tour where he is expected to pile pressure on New Delhi over its purchases of Iranian oil and Russian missile systems in talks with senior Indian officials.