| | Bureau of South Asian AffairsAssistant Secretary Christina B. Rocca heads the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, which deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
South Asian Affairs contact information:
Office of Afghanistan: (202) 647-5511 Office of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: (202) 647-2141 Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh: (202) 647-9552 Office of Regional Affairs: (202) 736-4255 Office of Public Diplomacy: (202) 647-7653
| | Highlights | U.S.-Pakistan Relationship Deputy Secretary Armitage's interview where he says that the reestablishment of strong relations between the U.S. and Pakistan is a key foreign policy success.
U.S.-India Economic Relations Ambassador Mulford's remarks at the International Institute of Finance Program on November 4, 2004.
Election Watch "Republican elephant" and "Democratic donkey" welcoming "election watch" guests at front of the American Center, New Delhi.
Election Obvservers Larry Schwartz and Sharon Hudson-Dean of the Bureau of South Asian Affairs discuss the up-coming U.S. presidential election with Jordanian and Pakistani participants in a State Department-funded election observation program organized by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL). Both women ran for political office in their home countries.
Afghanistan Election Finalized Spokesman Richard Boucher (Nov. 3): "We congratulate President Hamid Karzai on his election as Afghanistan's first democratically-elected national leader, and we look forward to his inauguration next month." [more] |
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