The resolution of the case of CIA contractor Raymond Davis has paved the way for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to the US and both countries have started working on dates and the agenda for the trip, officials said on Friday.
The US called off a trilateral meeting with Pakistan and Afghanistan after Davis was arrested in Lahore in January for shooting and killing two men.
The development also resulted in a delay in Zardari's planned visit to the US sometime early this month.
Davis was pardoned and freed by a Pakistani court this week after the families of the two men he killed agreed to a "blood money" deal of over two million dollars under Islamic laws.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that the foreign office had begun working on Zardari's visit to the US. "However, no date has been finalised as yet," he said.
Responding to a question, Babar said: "The president's visit to the US was not postponed but rescheduled owing to the Davis issue."
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