DATE=9/27/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=US - PAKISTAN (S-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-254389
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The United States and Pakistan have held what
a U-S official calls frank but friendly discussions on
a range of issues, including an American request that
Pakistan help obtain the arrest of suspected terrorist
Osama Bin Laden. Correspondent Nick Simeone has
details from New York, where Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright met Monday with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Sartij Aziz.
TEXT: "Frank" is how a U-S official describes the
conversation between Secretary Albright and Foreign
Minister Aziz on U-S demands that Osama Bin Laden be
brought to the United States to stand trial for last
year's bombings of two American embassies in Africa.
In diplomatic terms, the word frank usually indicates
a fairly strong exchange of views.
Pakistan did help the United States apprehend another
wanted terrorist in the region -- Mir Amal Kansi --
two years ago. He was wanted for a deadly shooting
spree outside the Central Intelligence Agency (near
Washington).
A senior U-S official says Secretary Albright also
expressed concern about the status of the democratic
process in Pakistan, including the recent arrest of
several hundred opposition supporters. At the same
time, U-S officials have been concerned about what
they say are signs of increasing opposition to the
Pakistani government, prompting Washington to send
private messages to Pakistani political and military
leaders that the United States opposes any
unconstitutional change of government. (Signed)
NEB/NJS/TVM/gm
27-Sep-1999 20:38 PM EDT (28-Sep-1999 0038 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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