SSC Marketing On A Partnership For Progress

March 22, 2012 - PRLog -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama are due to meet for discussions on the Afghanistan situation when Cameron heads to the US capital for a three-day visit. Ahead of the meeting, both leaders have described the "unique and essential" relationship between the US and UK, saying "the world counts on our alliance". Sophinna Asif of SSC Marketing is keen to see the relationship between the two nations develop, believing that we can only benefit from it. Sophinna echoed the sentiments of the leaders, saying the relationship was a “unique and essential asset, for our nations and the world”.

Mr. Cameron will become the first foreign leader to be welcomed aboard the presidential plane, Air Force One, by President Obama. This latest meeting comes ahead of the NATO and G8 summits. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Obama are expected to talk at length about the crisis in Afghanistan, as well as the tensions over Iran and the violence in Syria. On Afghanistan, they said they would be discussing plans for "shifting to a support role in advance of Afghans taking full responsibility for security in 2014". The visit comes at a tense time for Afghan / Western relations, following the shooting of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier. However, the leaders are determined not to let this incident, nor threats of Taliban reprisals, hinder the work of the allied forces, saying that they were "proud of the progress our troops have made in dismantling al-Qaeda, breaking the Taliban's momentum and training Afghan forces", but "as recent days remind us, this remains a difficult mission".

Sophinna Asif understands that the Afghan situation remains volatile, but is hopeful that the good work of the Anglo-American alliance can continue. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Obama are certainly not downhearted by recent events, believing that “with confidence in our cause and faith in each other, we still believe that there is hardly anything we cannot do."
Other topics likely to be discussed during the meeting include the state of the global economy and international aid.

During the trip, on which Mr. Cameron will be accompanied by his wife Samantha, the prime minister will become the first foreign leader to be welcomed aboard the presidential plane, Air Force One, by President Obama.

“The special relationship between the US and the UK is one forged through a history of understanding,” said another source within SSC Marketing. "Like Mr. Cameron and Mr. Obama have already said, we count on each other and the world counts on our alliance."