ISLAMABAD – Pakistan faces the diplomatic embarrassment as the UnitedStates has sent the transcript of the telephonic conversation between PrimeMinister Imran Khan and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Pakistan.

The transcript clearly shows what was discussed during the talks,diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.

The sources told The Nation that the transcript had ‘embarrassed’ thegovernment who had challenged the contents released by the US StateDepartment.

The statement issued by the State Department had said: “Secretary Pompeoraised the importance of Pakistan taking decisive action against allterrorists operating in Pakistan and its vital role in promoting the Afghanpeace process.”

Pakistan rejected the statement as ‘factually incorrect’ and urged the USnot to twist the facts. The US is yet to issue an official clarificationand Washington also did not change or withdraw the State Department release.

The US, however, sent the transcript to Pakistan to ‘satisfy’ Islamabadthat the State department’s release was not ‘incorrect’, the sources said.The US has not sent any comment with the transcript, the sources added.

Senior officials at the Foreign Ministry told The Nation that Islamabad haddecided not to take the issue further and bury it ahead of Pompeo’sSeptember 5 visit.

One official said: “Now, we don’t want to create more misunderstandings aswe already have trust issues with the US. Raising this issue further couldmean more misunderstandings.”