U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke by telephone with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf about the situation in the southern Asian country, the State Department said Thursday.
The department spokesman Sean McCormack described the late Wednesday talk as "a good conversation" but revealed no other details.
"I'm not going to talk about the contents of the conversation," he said when asked whether the talks were linked to current developments in Pakistan.
Last week, Musharraf said that extremism and militancy were the biggest threats to the security of the country and no effort should be spared to eradicate this menace and ensure the sustainability of economic progress.
Musharraf and his senior aides are considering new moves to tackle the uncertain political situation, including the possibility of imposing a state of emergency, Pakistani media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan, a strong ally in the U.S.-led war on terror, recently criticized Washington for threatening to use military force, if necessary, to stop al-Qaida from using its hideout in Pakistan to launch fresh terror attacks.
Any possible U.S. action inside Pakistan would be "an irresponsible act," a Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson said.
Source: Xinhua
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