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Pakistan welcomes new U.S. plan for Afghanistan
MOSCOW, March 27 |
MOSCOW, March 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan welcomed on Friday a new U.S. surge in Afghanistan and promised to cooperate, saying the administration of President Barack Obama had a "very positive approach" to the situation in the region.
"I think the new Obama administration's approach is a very positive approach. They are looking towards a regional approach to the situation," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told Reuters in Moscow.
"Pakistan is willing to play an active, constructive role in this because we feel our peace and security is linked to Afghanistan's... there is spill-over," he said, shortly before Obama announced a new U.S. strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Reporting by Conor Sweeney, writing by Oleg Shchedrov)
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