Imran Khan on US: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran has talked about relations with America. He says that Pakistan has suffered a lot because of America.
PM Imran Khan said on relations with India and America (Pakistan PM Imran Khan)
Imran Khan on Relations With US and India: Underlining the role that Pakistan can play there and in the region after the US leaves war-torn Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said Pakistan wants “civilised” and “equal” relations with Washington. It is, like America’s with Britain or India. Khan made the remarks during an interview to American newspaper ‘The New York Times’. He also expressed disappointment in the interview that his efforts to normalize relations with India had made no progress.
He had contacted Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly after taking over in August 2018. According to the news of ‘The Dawn’ newspaper, this interview comes at a time when US President Joe Biden held his first one-on-one meeting with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani at the White House on Friday. Khan said it had closer ties with the US than with other countries like India in the region and was America’s partner in the war against terrorism.
Imran told what kind of relationship do you want?
“Now, after the US leaves Afghanistan, Pakistan basically wants a decent relationship like you have with other countries and we would like to improve our business relationship with the US,” he said. (Imran Khan on Relations With US) Asked to elaborate on his vision of civilized relations, Khan said he wants a relationship “like the one between the US and the UK or the US and India now”. . Hence such a relationship which is equal. “Unfortunately, during the fight against terrorism, relations were a bit unbalanced,” he said.
Pakistan has paid a big price
Imran Khan said, ‘It was an imbalanced relationship because America felt that it was giving aid to Pakistan. He felt that Pakistan would have to obey America in such a situation (Pakistan US Relations). And for trying to accept America’s point, Pakistan had to pay a lot. 70,000 Pakistanis were killed and over $150 billion in damage to the economy as suicide attacks were taking place and bombs were detonating across the country. Khan said the main problem with this unbalanced relationship was that the “Pakistani government tried to do what it was not capable of” and this led to “trust between the two countries”.
expressed displeasure with America
“And people in Pakistan feel that they paid a very, very heavy price for this relationship,” he said. The US feels that Pakistan has not done enough.” In the interview, Khan also claimed that Pakistan would have had better relations with them if there was another government in India and they would have resolved all their differences through dialogue. He said, ‘When I took office, I put forward the vision of (building) a normal, decent business relationship to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We tried but the matter did not move forward.
again raging on Kashmir
Khan claimed, “Had there been another Indian leadership there, I think we would have had a good relationship with them.” And yes, we would have resolved all our differences through dialogue. Relations between the two countries worsened after India in August 2019 withdrew the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories. On the status quo in Kashmir, Khan said, “I think it is a disaster for India because it will mean that this dispute will continue.” Relations between India and Pakistan – normal relations – will remain (hindrance).’
What did Imran say about China?
India has conveyed to Pakistan that it wants normal relations with neighbors that are free from terrorism, enmity and violence. Khan said that America’s perception that India would be a security cover against China was wrong. He said, ‘I think it will be harmful for India because India’s trade with China will be beneficial for both the countries.’ He said that Pakistan is “looking at the unfolding scenario with some concern”.
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