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Kerry to visit Pakistan to discuss US ties

Updated at: 0410 PST,  Wednesday, May 11, 2011  WASHINGTON: USSenator John Kerry said on Tuesday he would travel to Pakistan in the coming days to discuss "all the relevant issues" with Islamabad after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Kerry, a Democrat who is close to the Obama administration, said he expected to see "all the main players" in Pakistan to discuss difficulties in bilateral ties following the US raid that killed bin Laden in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "A number of people suggested it would be good to get a dialogue going about the aftermath and how we get on the right track," Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters in Washington. "There are some serious questions, obviously, there are some serious issues that that we've just got to find a way to resolve together," Kerry told reporters. "Our interests and their interests I think are well served by working through those difficulties." Kerry said he would not shy away from any topic. "I intend to discuss all the relevant issues that are on the table, and there are a lot of them." He will also be going to Afghanistan on the trip. (Reuters)