WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton phoned Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and discussed "next steps" in Pakistan-US relations in light of the parliamentary recommendations on bilateral ties, the State Department said Monday.
Deputy Spokesman at the State Department Mark Toner said the two diplomats also discussed the situation in Afghanistan with reference to weekend attacks in Kabul. The U. S. top diplomat made the call to her Pakistani counterpart from Brasilia, the capital of Brazil during her travel in Latin America.
At the State Department in Washington, spokesman Toner would not go into the specifics of discussions between two diplomats but added the U. S will be ready to listen to Pakistani concerns raised in the parliamentary review.
He described the parliamentary review as a sign of democratic development in Pakistan.