Special Representative Holbrooke Discusses Recent Travel to the Region

Posted by DipNote Bloggers / March 04, 2010

U.S. and Pakistani officials hold talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 18, 2010. [AP Photo]

Ambassador Holbrooke recently returned from travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan, which also that included stops in Central Asia -- the first visits in his capacity as SRAP -- as well as Georgia and Germany. The trip was focused on strengthening dialogue, developing further partnerships, consolidating support and deepening further regional linkage.

Ambassador Holbrooke said, "I want to talk about this trip which was my fifth trip this year and my second to the Gulf, second to South Asia, but my first, since taking this job, to Central Asia. And this is part of an accelerating intensification of our diplomatic outreach efforts.

"In the last six months, we've had delegations in Beijing, in Russia, in Turkey, in all -- almost every country in the Gulf and, of course, in Europe, in China and now for the first time, we've reached into Central Asia. I was in four… more »

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