ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Richard Olson informed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday that $352 million would be reimbursed to Pakistan on Feb 6 under the Coalition Support Fund.

He said the US Secretary of Defence had already signed the payment authorisation and Congress had notified it.

Mr Olson said the Economic Working Group of the two countries would be meeting in April in Washington.

The ambassador and the finance minister also discussed various points relating to the Strategic Dialogue scheduled to be held in Washington next week.

Dr Dar informed Mr Olson that Pakistan had achieved the six-month economic targets which ended in December.

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