THE HAGUE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with US Secretary of State John Kerry here on Monday.
During the meeting the two leaders discussed Pak-US relations. Mr. Kerry told Prime Minister Sharif that the United States will continue to work with Pakistan for the elimination of terrorism. The US Secretary State also assured the Pakistani prime minister of cooperation to over energy needs.
Speaking to the media following their meeting, John Kerry said the two countries were “deeply engaged.”
“We have great confidence in Pakistan’s nuclear security,” Kerry told reporters.
Prime Minister Sharif said: “there are a lot of challenges we are meeting these challenges in Pakistan.” The prime minister also mentioned his positive meeting with US President Barack Obama a few months ago in Washington DC.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived to attend the two-day nuclear third Nuclear Summit to be held in The Hague.
The summit would be attended by leaders from 53 countries, United Nations, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency and Interpol.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Syed Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.
The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington in April 2010 and the second one in Seoul in March 2012.
The summit is aimed at promoting nuclear security through voluntary national actions and international cooperation.
Prime Minister Sharif will address the gathering of world leaders on March 24. He will be one of the keynote speakers at a meeting on the future of the NSS process on March 25
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