Kerry heads to Pakistan over US gunman
Agence France-Presse
Senator John Kerry is to visit Pakistan late on Tuesday on a mission to resolve a diplomatic row over a US official accused of murdering two Pakistanis. The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee helped spearhead a record $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan and is respected in the nuclear-armed country on the front line of the US-led war on Al-Qaeda.
He will meet government officials to reassure them of long-term US commitment to Pakistan, said a spokeswoman for the US embassy in Islamabad.
"He's coming tonight to speak with government officials about the relationship and reaffirm support for the strategic relationship," said spokeswoman Courtney Beale.
Pakistan's fragile ties with the US have gone into crisis since police arrested Raymond Davis, who confessed to shooting dead two men in self-defence on a busy street in the eastern city of Lahore on January 27.
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