Pakistan is working with the United States to facilitate an Afghan

Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s ambassador

Pakistan is working with the United States to facilitate an Afghan-owned and -led reconciliation process, says Ambassador Sherry Rehman while also assuring Ameri-can lawmakers that Islamabad is equally determined to fight terrorists inside its borders.
In an article in The Hill newspaper, which is distributed among US lawmakers, the Pakistani ambassador also emphasised the need to move the bilateral relationship from aid to trade.
“The economic impact (of such a move) on our side will be incalculable,” she wrote.
Ms Rehman assured the lawmakers that Pakistan was on their side as they try to make an important security and political transition in Afghanistan.
She noted that even at the lowest ebb of Pakistan-US relations earlier this year, “we made a conscious effort to shield the Pakistan-Afghanistan-United States trilateral process from adverse impact”.
Commenting on US-Pakistan relations, the ambassador noted as relations improve, “we seek greater market access to the US”.