Pakistan Foreign Office rejects twisted facts reported by US State Department over telephone talk between PM Imran Khan and Mike Pompeo
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Office has rejected the US State department version of the telephone talk between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday.
Pakistan Foreign Office has said that there was no talk of terrorism or terrorist safe heavens in Pakistan in the discussion between PM Imran Khan and Mike Pompeo.
US State department was reported as saying that Mike Pompeo has asked PM Imran Khan to take action against the terrorist safe heavens on Pakistan soil.
However no such talk had happened between the two.
Pompeo congratulated the prime minister on assuming office and expressed his willingness to work with the new government towards a productive bilateral relationship, a statement by the US government said.
Terrorism and Afghanistan issue also came under discussion.
Secretary Pompeo raised the importance of "Pakistan taking decisive action against all terrorists and its vital role in promoting the Afghan peace process". link link
Pompeo is expected to visit Pakistan early next month to meet with the newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan, Geo News reported, citing international media outlets.
Pompeo, an official of the US President Donald Trump's administration, will reportedly arrive in Islamabad on September 5 for a brief stay while en route to India.
Pompeo and PM Khan are likely to discuss bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest during their meeting before the former leaves for New Delhi on September 6.
It is also expected that Pompeo, who would become the first foreign diplomat to meet Pakistan's new PM, may talk the Afghan peace process as well.
