Pakistan, NATO Discuss Border Coordination

Islamabad, May 29, IRNA - Senior Pakistani and NATO leaders discussed coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday, the military said. Chairman of NATO Military Committee, General Knud Bartels met Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in the army’s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, an army statement said. The statement did not give further details of the meeting. Later, the visitor was briefed on Pakistan’s contribution to the fight against terrorism with special reference to the sacrifices rendered by the nation against the menace. General Bartels also attended a wreath laying ceremony at Shuhada Monument and was presented a guard of honor by a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army./end