Obama invites Pakistan PM Sharif for October visit - adviser Rice


  • World
  • Sunday, 30 Aug 2015

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a joint news conference in Kabul, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has invited Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to visit the White House in October, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said in a tweet on Sunday.

Rice travelled to Pakistan to meet with senior officials to "advance our mutual interests and address areas of concern, particularly terrorist and militant attacks emanating from Pakistani soil," a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.

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