US State Department terms Pakistani PM Imran Khan as incredibly crucial
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ISLAMABAD - United States State Department terms Pakistani PM Imran Khan as incredibly crucial.
Acknowledging the importance of Islamabad in the ongoing Afghan reconciliation process, the United States said Prime Minister Imran Khan will be “incredibly crucial” in helping Washington with a peace deal in the war-torn country.
“But I would say that obviously that Prime Minister Khan is going to be incredibly crucial in helping us with these – with this peace deal and with this peace negotiation that continues,” said US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus during a briefing link .
The prime minister said earlier that he had assured President Trump that Pakistan would do ‘whatever is in its power to facilitate the Afghan peace process’. He had also said that he would meet the Afghan Taliban to convince them for a peace deal.
The State Department spokesperson elaborated on her remark and added that Trump and Secretary Pompeo had also alluded to the importance of Pakistan’s role in helping the US pursue peace in Afghanistan.
The nearly two-decade-long war in Afghanistan has dragged more and more US troops into the conflict and Washington is now looking for a dignified exit.
