The United States and Pakistan commit to a long-term strategic partnership

The United States and Pakistan commit to a long-term strategic partnership

"This is a meeting between equals," said U.S. military officials. In recent years, misperceptions and mistrust have grown between the United States and Pakistan. On March 24, 2010, the two countries held their first Strategic Dialogue at the Ministerial level Washington, D.C., that is to say at the highest level of civilian democratic leadership. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi co-chaired the talks.

Topics for discussion included economic development, water and energy, education, communications and public diplomacy, agriculture, and security. Also were participating Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, the adviser to the prime minister on social issues, Wazir Ali; the adviser to the prime minister on agriculture and water, Majid Ullah; the chief of staff of the army, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, and many others. Among the American delegation, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew, Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development Rajiv Shah, and others participated.

U.S. President Obama has repeatedly stressed the breadth and depth of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Extremist groups still threaten both Pakistan’s security and stability in the larger region and American national security as well. "We’ve been working this past year to qualitatively change the nature of our relationship between the United States and Pakistan," Clinton told in an interview with Dunya TV.

Algeria: LNG16

30 March 2010

We are pleased to announce our media partnership with the International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG16), which is to be held on 18-21 April, 2010, in Oran, Algeria. In this respect, we have the pleasure of sending you a letter from the conference team.

Dear subscribers

Only 30 days to the opening of the 16th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas. This is your last chance to register for the largest global event dedicated to the LNG industry. Join Ministers, CEOs, high-level industry representatives, key policy and decision makers for this four-day event, which takes place only once every three years.

The topical conference programme covering all aspects of LNG has attracted over 150 speakers, including four eminent keynote speakers:

Mr. Guether Oettinger, EU Commisioner for Energy

Mr. San H. Odein Ajumogobia, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria

Mr. Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Managing Director and CEO of RasGas Company Limited, Qatar

Mr. Kurt Bligaard Pedersen, CEO of Energy Markets in DONG Energy, Denmark

The sold-out exhibition (one of the largest in LNG conference history) where the world’s leading companies from over 32 countries will display their new developments and technologies will be held alongside the conference giving attendees the opportunity for business development and networking.

The four-day event will also feature a social programme, including a glamorous opening gala dinner highlighting Algeria's rich culture with sumptuous dishes and traditional entertainment and a farewell dinner celebrating the highly anticipated LNG17 in Houston, Texas, in 2013.

Delegates will also have the opportunity to attend the city tours visiting the historical sites of Oran and a technical tour to Arzew.

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