Lalit K Jha

Washington, June 16 (PTI) The United States today acknowledged that there are bumps in its relationship with Pakistan and it is working with leaders in Islamabad to address such challenges.

"Are there bumps in the road? Certainly.

Are there challenges? Of course," State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters at his daily news briefing responding to volley of questions about commitment of Pakistan in the war against terrorism.

"We need to work cooperatively together.

We need to work past and through these issues because we do have many successes to point to and we've seen progress in building this relationship," Toner said.

"So we believe it's, it's in our interest.

Me speaking more broadly about our assistance to Pakistan, it's in our national security interest, our security interest of the United States and Pakistan to build a prosperous, more Democratic Pakistan with stronger institutions and, and a prosperous economy.