Pakistan has categorically rejected the unwarranted reference in thestatement issued after the US-India Ministerial Dialogue on Monday last.
The Foreign Office said the gratuitous reference in the statement alludingto some non-existent and dismantled entities betrays misplacedcounter-terrorism focus of both countries.
It is unfortunate that a bilateral cooperation mechanism is being used totarget a third country for political expediency and to mislead publicopinion away from the real and emerging terrorism threats. The assertionsmade against Pakistan in the statement are malicious and lack anycredibility.
The Foreign Office said Pakistan has remained a major, proactive, reliableand willing partner of the international community in the global fightagainst terrorism over last two decades. Pakistan’s successes andsacrifices in countering terrorism are unparalleled and widely acknowledgedby the international community, including the United States. No country inthe region has sacrificed more for peace than Pakistan.
The Foreign Office said India’s insinuations against Pakistan are in fact adesperate attempt to conceal its state-terrorism and brutal atrocitiesagainst the subjugated Kashmiris in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu andKashmir. Responsible members of the international community must condemnIndia’s use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy and the impunitythat continues to be associated with it. It said India’s terrorism networkusing the soil of other countries and through supporting UN-designatedterrorist organizations, is on record. Failing to take cognizance of thisserious situation is tantamount to abdication of internationalresponsibility.
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The Foreign Office said Pakistan expects and urges partner countries totake an objective view of the issues of peace and security in South Asiaand refrain from associating themselves with positions that are one-sided,politically motivated, and divorced from ground realities.
It said our concerns and rejection of the unwarranted reference to Pakistanin the US-India Statement have been conveyed to the US side throughdiplomatic channels.
