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ISLAMABAD: The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken Friday telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and felicitated him on assuming the office.

“Received call from (Secretary Blinken). (I am) grateful for warm felicitations on my assumption of office,” Bilawal Bhutto said on Twitter.

He said during their telephonic conversation, they exchanged views on strengthening mutually beneficial, broadbased relationship as well as the promotion of peace, development and security.

Received call from @SecBlinken grateful for warm felicitations on my assumption of office. Exchanged views on:
-Strengthening mutually beneficial, broadbased relationship
-Promotion of peace,development & security
-Agreed engagement with mutual respect is the way forward 🇺🇸🤝🇵🇰

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) May 6, 2022

Both the sides agreed that engagement with mutual respect was the way forward, the foreign minister added.

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Earlier on Wednesday, the spokesman for the United States Department of State Ned Price said in a statement that the US will continue cooperating with Pakistan on counterterrorism and border security and reiterated Washington’s condemnation of last month’s terrorist attack on Karachi University, amid a spike in the such attacks across the country.