WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistani officers are considering colorful options for Chief of Army Staff(COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa to visit the United States in late August or early September, political sources told Dawn.
“A date will soon be perfected,” a source said. Since the visit has not yet been officially verified, neither side has blazoned the docket of the addresses Gen Bajwa is likely to hold in Washington.
But political circles and suppose-tank experts point out that both sides have been trying to arrange such a visit for further than a time now. They also relate to colorful recent events and statements that might be bandied if and when Gen Bajwa visits Washington.
“We remain engaged with a range of stakeholders in Pakistan,(including) those presently in the government ” and with“ a broad array of others, ” the department’s prophet Ned Price said.
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Last month, Gen Bajwa reached out to Washington to request help in securing an early disbursement of finances from the IMF. He spoke with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and latterly a State Department functionary rejected media enterprises that the call was linked to the current political situation in Pakistan.
Latterly, Gen Bajwa also spoke with Commander US Centcom Gen Michael Erik Kurilla and, according to a sanctioned statement, the two bandied “ matters of collective interests, indigenous stability as well as defense and security cooperation in detail. ”
