ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Five visiting United States senators praised Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism during talks with Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

The Republican senators met Kasuri late Tuesday after they arrived here on a tour that

will also take them to Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey, a foreign ministry statement said.

The United States lawmakers “commended Pakistan’s contribution as a key partner in the ongoing global war against terrorism,” the statement said.

The meeting also addressed US economic and security assistance to Pakistan and the situations in neighbouring Afghanistan and Iraq, it said.

Led by Senator Mitch McConnel, chairman of a sub-group of the Senate’s appropriation committee, the delegation was due to call on President Pervez Musharraf.

The visit comes days after one by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca and United States Central Command chief General John Abizaid which focused on the US-led hunt for Taliban and Al Qaeda members. —AFP