ISLAMABAD – Pakistan says it is looking forward to positive engagementswith the United States at the leadership level. Foreign OfficeSpokesperson, Dr Muhammad Faisal was responding to the queries of mediapersons at his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday on thestatement made by US President Donald Trump that he looks forward to meetthe new Pakistani leadership.
The spokesperson said President Donald Trump’s remarks are indeed adeparture from his Ist January 2018 tweet.
When asked about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the spokesperson saidPakistan, being immediate neighbour of Afghanistan, is interested that anydevelopment in that country may leads to peace and stability in the region.Dr Muhammad Faisal said that on the request of the US and Afghangovernment, Pakistan is facilitating direct peace talks between Washingtonand Taliban.
To a question, the spokesperson said Afghanistan should not allow anyterrorist group or individual to use its territory against Pakistan.
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When asked about talks with India, the spokesperson said Pakistan hasalways expressed its steadfastness towards that end. However it cannot doanything if India is not ready to come to the table of negotiations.
On the shooting down of two Indian quadcopters by Pakistani forces, DrMuhammad Faisal strongly condemned the Indian violations on the Line ofControl saying our forces effectively responded to the Indian aggression.He said any misadventure by India will be responded in a befitting manner.
