He bore a soothing letter from Mr Abe and shared a "sense of crisis" over the two countries' troubled relations.
But Pakistan and Afghanistan have long had troubled relations and view each other with suspicion, especially because Afghanistan has repeatedly accused Pakistan of providing sanctuary for the insurgents.
The two nations -- India is majority Hindu and Pakistan is majority Muslim -- were carved from Britain's Indian empire in 1947 and have had troubled relations ever since.
Dr. Allawi has appealed to Iran and Syria, which also has troubled relations with the United States, to do more to stop cross-border help for insurgents in Iraq.
Turkey has long had troubled relations with its Kurdish minority, a relationship that Turkish liberals say must be improved if Turkey is to deepen its democracy.
The police have long had troubled relations with racial and ethnic minorities in Britain and have sought to repair these relations, although the protesters have come from all backgrounds.
No wonder Ms Park stressed how her country's partnership with America is now a global one.It all stands in stark contrast with America's other, much larger, ally in North-East Asia, Japan, with which South Korea has troubled relations.
He traveled across the country to advise other police departments, and in doing so became an expert on minority police officers and their sometimes troubled relations with their white colleagues.
Germany's centre-left government, which has had troubled relations with the US since last summer when the chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, ruled out German involvement in a war, made no official comment.
