ISLAMABAD: In a first major official contact between Pakistan and the United States after the Biden administration assumed power in January 2021, National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has met his US counterpart Jake Sullivan in Geneva, ARY NEWS reported citing sources on Monday.
According to sources having knowledge of the meeting, the contact between US National Security Adviser and Moeed Yusuf has been made in Geneva, where a detailed discussion was held over relations between the two countries.
The matters relating to the Afghan situation in particular and the security situation in the region, in general, were discussed, the sources said adding that this was the first time that Pakistan and US officials have met after Joe Biden’s administration assumed power.
It is pertinent to mention here that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a telephone conversation on April 14.
During the conversation, matters of mutual interest, regional security situation including latest developments in the Afghan peace process and bilateral cooperation in various fields were discussed, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.