Press Releases 2008
U.S. Embassy Statement on the Visit of Admiral Mike Mullen
December 22, 2008
Islamabad - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, met today in Islamabad with Chief of Army staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
He thanked both men for their efforts -- and the efforts of the Pakistani government -- to arrest members of Lashkar-e-Taiba and other extremist groups involved with the attacks in Mumbai.
He also urged them to support judicial efforts to prosecute the cases fully and transparently.
Mullen encouraged the Pakistani leaders to use this tragic event as an opportunity to forge more productive ties with India and to seek ways in which both nations can combat the common threat of extremism together.
This was Mullen's seventh visit to Pakistan since assuming office and his eighth meeting with Gen. Kayani. Mullen was traveling in the region as part of a holiday visit with U.S. troops.