US, Pak to hold meeting of working group on non-proliferation

WASHINGTON, Dec 8: Two senior US officials will travel to Pakistan to hold the meeting of a US-Pak working group on non-proliferation.

Led by Rose Gottemoeller, the Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, the US-Pakistan Security, Strategic Stability, and Nonproliferation Working Group would meet in Islamabad next week.

Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas Countryman will also attend the working group meeting.

“These regular talks between the United States and Pakistan cover a range of bilateral and multilateral nonproliferation issues and follow other recent working groups on economics and finance, energy, and defence,” the State Department said in a statement. (PTI)