U.S., Pakistan Agree to Joint Exercises, Discuss Arms Sales

By Jason Sherman / May 8, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Senior U.S. and Pakistani defense officials today announced an agreement to conduct military-to-military exercises, a move analysts say is part of Washington's effort to broaden its cooperation with Islamabad and balance the Defense Department's relationship with India. Eric Edelman, the under secretary of defense for policy, and Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Pakistan's defense secretary, last week concluded annual high-level defense talks in which they examined ways "to enhance and expand" the two countries' "defense partnership" -- discussions that included talk of...

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