ISLAMABAD – Pakistan responds over the US President Donald Trump’s Remarksin favour of Pakistan on Indian soil.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said the importance of USPresident Donald Trump’s statement during his visit to India — in which hesaid that the US has a “very good relationship”linkwithPakistan — cannot be denied.
A day earlier, US President Donald Trump, while addressing a packed rallyin Ahmedabad after his arrival in India on Monday, said the United Stateshas “a very good relationship” with Pakistan.
“Our relationship with Pakistan is a very good one. Thanks to theseefforts, we are beginning to see signs of big progress with Pakistan and weare hopeful for reduced tensions, greater stability and the future ofharmony for all of the nations of South Asia,” Trump had said on the firstday of his whirlwind 36-hour visitlinkmeantto reaffirm US-India ties.
In a statement released by the foreign minister’s spokesperson today,Qureshi said that Trump remark about Pakistan was “extraordinary and itsimportance cannot be denied”.
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“Trump wants peace and stability in the region and has asked India to playa positive role in the area and extend a hand for promoting peace andstability in the region.”
The foreign minister said that this will only be possible when the Kashmirissue is solved.
“The current Indian government has further complicated an alreadycomplicated problem. India’s measures of August 5linkhaveaffected the identity of Kashmir and broken it into several parts.
