By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -&nbsp;U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet will lead a&nbsp;delegation&nbsp;to&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;this week as Washington and Islamabad&nbsp;seek&nbsp;to&nbsp;repair&nbsp;ties&nbsp;strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;delegation&nbsp;will&nbsp;visit&nbsp;Bangladesh and&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;from Feb. 14-18 to meet with senior government officials, civil society members and business leaders, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.
Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament last April, had antagonized the United States throughout his tenure. He welcomed the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 and accused Washington of being behind the attempt to oust him in 2022.
Washington and&nbsp;Pakistan's National Security Council, a body of top civil and military leaders, dismissed his accusations. Khan was succeeded as prime minister by Shehbaz Sharif.
The&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;delegation's&nbsp;visit&nbsp;comes as the $350-billion economy of&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;is still reeling from devastating floods last year that left at least 1,700 people dead, and the government estimates rebuilding efforts will cost $16 billion.
The nuclear-armed nation is in the grip of a full-blown economic crisis. Talks between&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;and the International Monetary Fund were scheduled to resume online this week after 10 days of face-to-face discussions in Islamabad on how to keep the country afloat ended without a deal on Friday.
The Dawn newspaper reported late in January that&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;had sought&nbsp;U.S. support to unlock the stalled IMF program that would release $1.1 billion to its strained economy as the country rebuilds.
"The&nbsp;delegation&nbsp;will also reaffirm the strong security cooperation between our nations," the State Department said on Monday. Economic&nbsp;ties&nbsp;and cooperation to tackle the impact of climate change would be on the agenda in the meeting between&nbsp;U.S. and&nbsp;Pakistani officials, the department added.
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(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Richard Chang)

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