US Senators call on President Musharraf

ISLAMABAD : Highlighting the significance of a broad-based and long term Pakistan-US relationship, President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday emphasized the importance of enhanced market access for Pakistan in US to help build the relationship on sound economic footing and sustainable basis. The President was talking to US Senators Carl Levin and Robert Casey who called on him in Rawalpindi today. Pakistan-US relations and matters related to counter-terrorism were discussed in the meeting.
The President also underscored the need for accelerated progress on initiatives like Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs), Frontier Corps (FC) and the FATA Development Plan.
The US Senators expressed their support for close cooperative relations between Pakistan and the United States and exchanged views on building the relationship on a forward-looking and long-term basis.
The US Senators also exchanged views on counter-terrorism issues. President Musharraf underlined the importance of a multi-pronged counter-terrorism strategy combining political, socio-economic development, and security tracks.
Senator Carl Levin (Democrat-Michigan) chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator Casey is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.