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US committed to working through problems with Pakistan: State Dept

The United States is committed to working through the problems with Pakistan that the two countries have had in the past, because it is in the interest of both countries.
Briefing reporters in Washington on Thursday, State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said joint struggle against terrorism was actually in favour of both Pakistan and the US. To a question, he said Pakistan-US relations were moving towards improvement. “The Pakistanis have made clear on a number of areas how they want to see the relationship move going forward,” he said.
He said Ambassador Marc Grossman was in Pakistan and they were building on some of the momentum that they’ve seen over the past months. “We have had this parliamentary review completed. The Pakistanis have made clear on a number of areas how they want to see the relationship move going forward.”
He said terrorism was an existential threat for Pakistanis. “Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives to terrorism. So this is a shared struggle.”
Toner declined to comment when asked about the Supreme Court’s verdict against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt case, saying it was Pakistan’s internal affair.
“I think we’ve been very clear that we view this as an internal domestic issue but one that is falling on a clear democratic track, that it’s progressing within the Pakistani judicial system and that it’s being addressed in a legitimate and democratic fashion by the Pakistani judicial system.”

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