White House Press Secretary has said that the US values its long-standingcooperation with Pakistan and has always viewed a prosperous and democraticPakistan as critical to US interests — that remains unchanged regardless ofwho the leadership is.

In response to a question about whether Biden would call Shehbaz, Psakisaid: “In terms of future calls, I don’t have anything to predict at thispoint and time, obviously, we stay in close touch with them at a range oflevels.”

Since Biden assumed the US president’s office in 2021, Imran Khan and Bidendid not hold a telephonic conversation.