ACCESSION
NUMBER:336872
FILE ID:NEA103
DATE:04/04/94
TITLE:PAKISTAN'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS (04/04/94)
TEXT:*94040401.PFN Pakistan Chief of Army Staff/Gen. Waheed/#rm +yb AS
*NEA103 04/04/94
PAKISTAN'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS
(Gen. Waheed discusses regional security with Talbott) (460)
Washington -- Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Abdul Waheed, has just
concluded a visit to Washington, where he met with high-level U.S.
officials, including Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and National
Security Adviser Anthony Lake.
General Waheed arrived in Washington March 29 and will conclude his official
visit to the United States April 7. The general's party includes his wife,
Mrs. Yasmin Waheed; Lt. General Jehangir Karamat, commander of 2 Corps;
Major General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, Director General of Military
Intelligence; Brigadier Khalid Maqbool, Pakistani Defense and Military
Attache to Washington; and Colonel Jason Greer, U.S. Army attache to
Pakistan.
In a meeting at the State Department April 1, Deputy Secretary Talbott and
General Waheed discussed regional security in South Asia, as well as
Pakistan's role in peace-keeping operations in Somalia, according to a
State Department spokesman.
Pakistani military troops "have played and continue to play a constructive
role in Somalia," the spokesman said. The Clinton Administration, he
added, "welcomed his visit."
Talbott will visit India April 6-8 and Pakistan April 8-10, the spokesman
said, noting that he will be the highest-ranking Clinton administration
official to visit South Asia.
Following his meeting with Talbott, General Waheed met with President
Clinton's national security adviser, Anthony Lake. Earlier in the day, the
1eneral spoke with Secretary of Defense William Perry and met with General
John Shalikashvili, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Frank
Wisner, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Wisner also hosted a luncheon at the Pentagon in honor of General Waheed.
On the morning of April 1, Waheed laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns
at the Arlington National Cemetery. The general concluded the day at a
dinner given in his honor by Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States,
Maleeha Lodhi. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Peter
Tarnoff, was among those who attended.
The previous two days were equally eventful. The general met with R. James
Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence, March 30 and with Togo West,
Jr., Secretary of the Army, on March 31. Later on March 31, Waheed was
awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander, by his U.S. counterpart,
General Gordon Sullivan, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
The general will conclude his visit to the United States with a tour of U.S.
military sites in Florida, Texas and Kansas.
Waheed will visit U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force in Tampa,
Florida April 4; Fort Hood, Texas, April 5; and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
April 6.
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