美国副总统拜登说，美国和巴基斯坦在打击“极端意识形态”方面建立了一个基于共同利益的“持久伙伴关系”。拜登星期三在同巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里和总理吉拉尼举行会谈之后在伊斯兰堡做出上述表示。他还同巴基斯坦军队总参谋长卡亚尼将军举行了会晤。
在同吉拉尼总理共同出席的一个新闻发布会上，拜登说，他同巴基斯坦领导人就一系列的双边和地区问题进行了讨论，而且评估了阿富汗的局势。这个星期早些时候，拜登在阿富汗同卡尔扎伊总统举行了会谈。拜登说，基地组织的恐怖分子既是对巴基斯坦也是对美国的威胁。他对巴基斯坦领导人打击恐怖主义的斗争有信心。这位美国副总统说，他希望纠正人们对美国在巴基斯坦扮演角色存在的一些“错觉”，说是极端分子，而不是美国侵犯了巴基斯坦的主权。
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. and Pakistan have forged an “enduring partnership” against “extreme ideologies” — a relationship based on common interests. Biden made his comments Wednesday in Islamabad following talks with Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. He also met with Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani.
At a news conference with Prime Minister Gilani, Biden said he discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues with Pakistani leaders and reviewed the situation in Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai earlier this week. Biden said that al-Qaida terrorists are a threat to Pakistan as well as the United States and that he has confidence in Pakistan’s leadership in the fight against terrorism. The U.S. vice president said he wanted to address “misconceptions” about the U.S. role in Pakistan, saying it is extremists, not the U.S., who violate Pakistani sovereignty.