Zardari holds high-level meeting to mull restoring ties with US

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Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership on Wednesday remained engaged in hectic daylong deliberations to take a final decision on its reengagement with the United States (US) without any official announcement. A source told Pakistan Today that the discussions were held ahead of President Asif Ali Zardari’s likely meeting with his US counterpart Barack Obama this month. A high-level meeting was held at Aiwan-e-Sadr with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the chair.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the regional security situation was discussed during the meeting. The parley took stock of the Islamabad-Washington relations, besides discussing reopening of NATO supply line in the backdrop of the parliamentary recommendations.