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Saturday, November 15, 2008

President Zardari calls Clinton, gets support for the BidenLugar dollar 15 billion package

World news -Pakistan
President Zardari calls Clinton, gets support for the BidenLugar dollar 15 billion package
President Asif Ali Zardari Friday called Senator Hillary Clinton on telephone who has emerged as a choice of President‑elect Barack Obama for the US Secretary of State. The President, now in New York to attend the dialogue on interfaith harmony, said Pakistan was striving for peace in the region and its nascent democracy needed support and cooperation of the international community to confront several challenges it was facing.

Hillary Clinton, a senator from New York, extended full support to President Zardari for the dollar 15 billion assistance under the Biden‑Lugar bill for the next ten years as a long‑term engagement with Pakistan.

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