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The Foreign Office (FO) rejected the allegations against Pakistan in a joint statement issued by India and the United States (US), terming it “one-sided, misleading, and contrary to diplomatic norms”.
Reportedly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump at the White House issued a joint statement, in which Pakistan’s was alleged to be involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack and accused the country of “supporting extremism.”
FO spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said in his weekly press briefing,”Pakistan reference in the Indo-US joint statement cannot cover up India’s sponsorship of terrorism, subversion, and extrajudicial assassinations in the region and beyond”.
“The leaders [Modi and Trump] called on Pakistan to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai, and Pathankot attacks and ensure that its territory is not used to carry out cross-border terrorist attacks,” the statement stated.
The FO spokesperson responding to the allegations, said that Pakistan’s reference had been included notwithstanding its counterterrorism cooperation with the US.
“The joint statement fails to address India’s non-compliance with UN Security Council resolutions, which is a key source of tension and instability in the region, nor does it take cognizance of the grim human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Regrettably, this amounts to an abdication of international responsibility,” he remarked.
The spokesperson confirms Pakistan’s commitment and contribution constructively to regional and global efforts to promote peace and stability and ensure to bring the fight against terrorism to its logical conclusion.
He also expressed Pakistan’s concern over the United States increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars and US supply of F-35 stealth fighters.
The FO spokesperson urged international partners to take a holistic and objective view of the issues of peace and security in South Asia and refrain from endorsing positions that are one-sided and divorced from ground realities.
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