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Submitted by ctv_en_6 on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 10:33
Pakistan and Afghanistan on July 18 signed a landmark trade agreement that has been heavily promoted by the United States. 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in Pakistan for a two-day visit, looked on as the Pakistani and Afghan commerce ministers sealed the deal in Islamabad.

The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, called the agreement "a vivid demonstration of the two countries coming together" - which, he said, has been a goal of the Obama administration "from the beginning."

The pact, which has been under negotiation for years, will facilitate the ground shipment of goods between the two neighbors.  It must still be ratified by the Afghan parliament.

VOVNews/VOANews

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