ISLAMABAD, Rajab 20, 1433, Jun 10, 2012, SPA - President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed confidence over Pakistan’s relationship with the United States. “I think the US is an important country in the world and so is Pakistan. We have mutual interests,” Zardari said in an interview with China daily in Beijing. “ Slowly but surely, we will get back to normal relations,” the President was quoted as saying in the interview by the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). Asked about his opinion on US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta remarks about Pakistan in Kabul, the President said: “I think sometimes politicians speak for political reasons. It is an elections year in the US. Most of the comments coming from the US are based on their international political condition.” --SPA 11:15 LOCAL TIME 08:15 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1006126