{"id":31059,"date":"2017-07-03T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=31059"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:11:09","slug":"us-senate-delegation-calls-on-the-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2017\/07\/us-senate-delegation-calls-on-the-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate delegation calls on the Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-31059-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/US-Senate-delegation-calls-on-PM-03-07-2017.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/US-Senate-delegation-calls-on-PM-03-07-2017.flv\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/US-Senate-delegation-calls-on-PM-03-07-2017.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, July 03(APP): A five-member US Senate delegation led by Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called on the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here Monday. Other members of the delegation included Senators Lindsey Graham, Elizbeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse and David Perdue. The Prime Minister was assisted by Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. Nasser Khan Janjua and other senior officials.<br \/>\nWelcoming the high powered delegation, the Prime Minister noted that as longstanding partners and strategic allies, a sustained and strong Pak-US partnership was essential to deal with the various challenges confronting the region and beyond.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister apprised the delegation about his Government\u2019s efforts over the last four years to combat terrorism and that its success could be measured by the markedly improved security situation in Pakistan. He also highlighted the economic turnaround that manifested in enhanced investor interest and confidence in Pakistan.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister underscored his government\u2019s commitment to good neighborly relations and highlighted various initiatives to improve relations with Afghanistan and India.<br \/>\nOn Afghanistan, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to support all efforts aimed at lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan. He said that concerted efforts were needed for a politically negotiated settlement under an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister called a strong partnership between the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan as a prerequisite for achieving sustainable peace in Afghanistan. In this regard, he also stressed the importance of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) mechanism to facilitate Afghan reconciliation.<br \/>\nWith reference to Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister expressed serious concern over the gross human rights violations and brutal repression of unarmed Kashmiris. He underscored the legitimacy of the Kashmir cause and urged the world community, especially the United States to play its role in ending the sufferings of the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<br \/>\nThanking the Prime Minister, Senator McCain agreed that continued close cooperation between the US and Pakistan was essential for securing peace and stability in the region. He said that US attached importance to its relations with Pakistan, which remained a close friend and ally. The Senators appreciated the contributions and sacrifices made by Pakistan and the successes achieved in the fight against terrorism.\u00a0 The Senators also praised the economic turnaround in Pakistan and stressed the importance of intensifying mutually beneficial trade and investment cooperation.<br \/>\nAPP \/ Hamza\/anm\/VNS Islamabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, July 03(APP): A five-member US Senate delegation led by Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called on the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here Monday. Other members of the delegation included Senators Lindsey Graham, Elizbeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse and David Perdue. The Prime Minister was assisted by Minister for Finance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/US-Senate-delegation-calls-on-PM-03-07-2017.flv"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/3-3.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31062,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31059\/revisions\/31062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}