{"id":2720,"date":"2025-09-26T21:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:01:01","slug":"us-envoy-reinforces-economic-security-ties-during-karachi-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/us-envoy-reinforces-economic-security-ties-during-karachi-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy reinforces economic, security ties during Karachi visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Charge d Affaires Natalie Baker underscored Washington\u2019s commitment to expanding economic and security cooperation with Pakistan during her recent visit to Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Baker was in the city from September 23\u201326, where she met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Governor Kamran Tessori to discuss bilateral trade, investment opportunities, and ongoing flood recovery efforts, including the positive impact of recent US contributions, according to a statement issued by the US embassy on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads_between_content\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1523347432315-11\" class=\"story_ads\" data-google-query-id=\"CMGOgo-p948DFX_6DQkdfto4RQ\">\n<p>She also engaged with Karachi\u2019s business community and representatives of the Reko Diq mining project. Discussions explored expanding commercial ties in technology, energy, critical minerals, manufacturing, textiles, packaging, and the port sector.<\/p>\n<p>Baker joined senior leaders of the Pakistan Navy to welcome the USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG 108), an Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer, to Karachi port. The visit highlighted cooperation between the US and Pakistan navies and underscored their shared commitment to maritime security and regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrengthening our commercial partnership with Pakistan benefits both our peoples and fosters shared prosperity,\u201d Baker said. \u201cThe United States is committed to supporting Pakistan\u2019s success through trade, investment, and innovation. Together, we can ensure the next chapter of our partnership is one of mutual growth and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker noted that more than 80 American companies have invested in Pakistan, directly employing 120,000 Pakistani workers and indirectly supporting one million more. She stressed that enhanced cooperation would help Pakistani businesses grow while also creating opportunities for US firms.<\/p>\n<p>Her engagements in Karachi reflected Washington\u2019s enduring dedication to advancing the US\u2013Pakistan relationship through practical collaboration in trade, bilateral investment, and security, read the statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Charge d Affaires Natalie Baker underscored Washington\u2019s commitment to expanding economic and security cooperation with Pakistan during her recent visit to Karachi. Baker was in the city from September 23\u201326, where she met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Governor Kamran Tessori to discuss bilateral trade, investment opportunities, and ongoing flood recovery efforts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2722,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions\/2722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}