ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National SecurityDivision and Strategic Policy Planning, Dr. Moeed Yusuf Monday said thatPakistan’s vision is of economic security, connectivity, and developmentpartnerships with the key stakeholder nations.

The SAPM delivered opening remarks on an event co-organized by TheIslamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and The International Institutefor Strategic Studies (IISS) titled “Biden Administration and Pakistan,”said a press release.

While addressing the participants, SAPM on National Security and StrategicPolicy Planning said that Pakistan was looking forward to having bilateralrelations with the US, which is built around fresh conversations. He addedthat the new US Administration will now be faced with a world that haschanged completely. “The entire world is in influx, and the world haschanged a lot,” he said.

Talking about the future course of action, Dr. Moeed Yusuf said : “We wantto talk about economic partnerships, climate change, global health,co-investing in Afghanistan, regional peace and so on,” .

He said he wants to have honest and candid conversations with the new USAdministration on what Pakistan and US can do together and what cannot bedone.

Dr. Moeed Yusuf stated that the number one priority of Pakistan is toestablish an economic partnership, while other priorities include tacklingglobal challenges, formalizing security partnerships, and ensuring regionalpeace. He said that Pakistan wants bilateral US-Pak relations that are notclouded by hyphenating the relationship with US policy towards othercountries in the region.

Addressing the participants, Dr. Moeed Yusuf said that he aims to create anenvironment in which think tanks will be able to carry out candidconversations so that ideas can be generated and funneled into policymaking.

He commended Islamabad Policy Research Institute’s (IPRI) collaborationwith the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) as a steptowards this goal.