ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson said thatboth Pakistan and the United States (US) continue to communicate with eachother on various issues of mutual interests at different levels.
He pointed out that Pakistan has been facilitating the US-led missionin Afghanistan through air and ground lines of communication for the lastsixteen years.
The FO spokesperson said Pakistan’s support to the US has been critical indealing with the challenges of terrorism in the region.
He said Pakistan’s cooperation also helped to secure the region anddecimate Al-Qaeda which has also been acknowledged by the US leadership.
He said that Pakistan has conveyed to the US that actionable intelligencesharing can help in advancing the shared goals of defeating terror from theregion.
The spokesperson reminded that Pakistan has fought the war on terrorlargely from its own resources which cost it 120 billion dollars over thelast fifteen years.
He said arbitrary deadlines, unilateral pronouncements and shiftinggoalposts are counterproductive in addressing the common threat.
Responding to a question, Muhammad Faisal stated that Pakistan desiresdignified and sustainable repatriation of Afghan refugees to their homeland.
He also said that Pakistan desires to resolve all outstanding disputeswith India including Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen and Sir Creek throughdialogue. He said dialogue can only be held if the other side is also readyfor the same.
Voicing concerns over the Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir, thespokesperson said that India needs to accept the reality that it cannotsilence the Kashmiri freedom movement through the use of force.