Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that the civil-military leadership was on the same page in meetings with US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. The US defence secretary was conveyed that we do not need aid, but understanding, the minister added. Mattis acknowledged Pakistan’s concerns and said the US wants to maintain a “consistent” relationship with Pakistan, he said. “To maintain such a relationship, the two sides need to build up trust in each other,” Asif quoted Secretary Mattis as saying at the meetings. “It was quite a frank exchange overall, in which there was no hostility,” the minister said of the Pakistani leadership’s meetings with the top US official.

Source: Pakistan Today December 04, 2017 20:26 UTC