WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pakistan is optimistic about the Obama administration's commitment to its region and will work with the United States on trying to root out extremism within its borders, Pakistan's foreign minister said. Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi cited a "convergence of interests" between Washington and Islamabad and a "willingness to work together." "I see a lot of hope in the new administration, the new leadership, and Pakistan is willing to work with the American administration to fight extremism and terrorism," he said Tuesday. "We are determined to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations."
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Qureshi: "I see a lot of hope in the new administration, the new leadership"
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He and Afghan foreign minister will meet with Clinton, Holbrooke this week
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U.S. troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan
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Taliban militants extend cease-fire as part of deal with Pakistan
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@placeholder is in Washington to take part in strategic review of U.S. policy to stabilize Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
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Qureshi is in @placeholder to take part in strategic review of U.S. policy to stabilize Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Clinton tapped Holbrooke as special representative for the two countries, a signal of how the new administration considers @placeholder and Pakistan intertwined in any solution to the war in Afghanistan and the terrorist threat along their shared border.
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Last week @placeholder announced he is sending another 17,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight a strengthening insurgency, which Obama has called the "central front in our enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism."
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Last week Obama announced he is sending another 17,000 troops to @placeholder to fight a strengthening insurgency, which Obama has called the "central front in our enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism."
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Pakistani officials have expressed concern the deployment will push the @placeholder across the border into Pakistan and further destabilize their country.
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Pakistani officials have expressed concern the deployment will push the Taliban across the border into @placeholder and further destabilize their country.