WASHINGTON – The United States supports peaceful upholding ofconstitutional and democratic principles in Pakistan, including respect forhuman rights, the State Department has said.
“We don’t support one political party over another,” the Department’sSpokesperson, Ned Price, told reporters at his daily briefing on Thursday.
He was responding to a question from a Pakistani tv channel correspondentabout a “few” Pakistani media reports that a close associate of formerPrime Minister Imran Khan met with Assistant Secretary of State Donald Luand conveyed a message to forget the past and move forward.
“Again, if there was any such meeting, I just am not in a position to speakto it,” Price said, adding, “We have – we remain engaged with a range ofstakeholders in Pakistan, with those currently in government, and a broadarray of others.
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“But I’m just not in a position to speak to any such meeting”.
Further asked whether the U.S. was opening a window to talk to ImranKhan’s, the spokesperson added, “We support those broader principles of therule of law and equal justice under the law.”
