Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the United States and Pakistan must move beyond the bitterness of the past on the issu...
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the United States and Pakistan must move beyond the bitterness of the past on the issue of Afghanistan and the bad relations of many years under former Prime Minister Imran Khan and move towards new ties.
Bilawal Zardari, in an interview with the Associated Press in New York, said he had held talks with top diplomats, including an hour-long meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
He was in New York to attend a UN meeting on the global food crisis.
Bilawal Zardari described the meeting with Anthony Blankenship as very encouraging, positive and fruitful.
The Foreign Minister said that he was confident that Pakistan would continue its engagement with the United States at all levels and that this meeting was in fact the first important step.
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US-Pakistan relations deteriorated under Imran Khan, who accused the Biden administration of collaborating with opposition parties to oust him from power and spread anti-US sentiment in Pakistan, a charge denied by the US administration. Had done
Afghanistan has also fueled mistrust between the two countries, with Washington believing that Islamabad has not played a significant role in ensuring law and order after the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan, while Pakistan insists it could do what it could for peace. he did.
Bilawal Bhutto said that in the past Pak-US relations had deteriorated due to Afghanistan and the 'geopolitical situation' but now is the time to move towards a broader, deeper and more meaningful relationship.
He said that in the Imran Khan government, Pakistan had urged the world to establish ties with the Taliban government of Afghanistan and we would continue this continuity.
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The Foreign Minister said that regardless of how we feel about the government in Afghanistan, the world cannot leave the Afghan people alone, we must pay immediate attention to Afghanistan's faltering economy and humanitarian crisis.
He said that the complete destruction of the Afghan economy would be catastrophic for Afghanistan, Pakistan and the international community as a result of which a large number of Afghan citizens would flee the country.
The Foreign Minister said that Pakistan also urges the Taliban government that Afghanistan should ensure that their country would not be used for terrorism and that women and girls would be allowed to get education.
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the reduction of the major humanitarian crisis and the complete destruction of the economy and we hope that we will succeed in our efforts to promote women's rights and against terrorism.
He said talks with Anthony Blankenship focused on expanding trade, especially in agriculture, information technology and energy.
US is not jealous of India relations
Bilawal Bhutto said that US President Joe Biden has strengthened relations with India but Pakistan is not jealous of these relations, I believe that the world is very wide for both India and Pakistan.
Biden is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leaders of Australia and Japan at the Tokyo Summit on May 24 under the so-called Quad Indo-Pacific Alliance.
Bilawal Bhutto told the Associated Press that he did not think growing ties with the United States would harm relations with Beijing.
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