Palin requests meeting with Karzai
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:30 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has asked to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at next week's meeting of the United Nations' General Assembly, diplomatic sources tell NBC News. There is no confirmation the meeting will actually take place, however.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, according to the Pakistani officials. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, won election earlier this month, replacing Pervez Musharraf. There is no word, as yet, on a meeting with Palin.
NBC has also learned that Palin has not requested to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy or Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and the Georgians are saying no meetings yet are scheduled with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
