Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa may visit the USA soon and various options for the visit expected to take place in late August or early September are being contemplated.

Diplomatic sources said that the United States and Pakistani officials discussed the expected visit and reviewed the different options.

However, the visit has not yet been officially confirmed and a date will soon be finalised.

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Neither side has announced the agenda of the talks Gen Bajwa is likely to hold in Washington.

But diplomatic circles and think-tank experts said that both sides have been trying to arrange such a visit for more than a year now. They also refer to various recent events and statements that might be discussed if and when Gen Bajwa visits Washington.

“We remain engaged with a range of stakeholders in Pakistan, (including) those currently in the government and with a broad array of others,” the department’s spokesperson Ned Price said.