*WASHINGTON: *United States President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wantsa “great relationship” with Pakistan and is looking forward to meeting thenew leadership in that country, reported Indian media outlet *NDTV.link*
The US President underscored that his administration has initiated peacetalks with the Taliban. He also announced that a meeting with the newleadership of Pakistan will take place “very soon”.
Earlier, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, who is considered close toPresident Trump, told CNN in an interview that if Pakistan helped the US inbringing the Taliban to the table for negotiations, then the US would focuson counterterrorism and the ISIS.
The Republican senator wants the US to offer Pakistan a free tradeagreement as an incentive for Islamabad to push the Taliban to the peacetable to end the Afghan war.
The US President alleged that Pakistan has not been fair to the UnitedStates.
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“We want to have a great relationship with Pakistan, but they house theenemy. They take care of the enemy. We just can’t do that,” Trump said.
“So, I look forward to meeting with the new leadership in Pakistan. We willbe doing that in the not too distant future. But I ended $ 1.3 billion thatwe paid. I think it was water, we were just paying to Pakistan. So, I endedthat.”
