Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar - Photo by AFP

LAHORE: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that good relations with the United States is in Pakistan's national interests.

She said that bilateral ties and not a one-sided relation with the US is required. The foreign minister made this statement while addressing media persons at Lahore airport.

Hina Rabbani Khar said that Pakistan requires that worlds support, but at the same time stated that the country will not accept anyone's hegemony in the region.

The foreign minister said that she spoke with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the ASEAN Regional Forum and expressed these views at the summit.

She also said that in order to make the working relationship with the US succeed, reservations held between the two must be put aside.

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