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OMAN: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, who is on a scheduled visit to Jordan, met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman on Sunday night.
Secretary Kerry, who is on a visit to Middle East, was in Jordan on 24 March said a statement of the Inter Services Public Relations.
Both discussed reconciliation process in Afghanistan and security issues concerning South Asian Region.
The US senator also paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai.
A US official told news agency Reuters that Kerry had wanted to visit Pakistan on this trip but had decided not to given the May 11 election, in part to avoid any appearance of seeking to influence what would be Pakistans first civilian to civilian electoral handover.
Army chief Kayani, John Kerry meet in Jordan: ISPR | Pakistan | DAWN.COM