Rattled by particular reference to Pakistan within the India-US Joint Assertion issued following the bilateral assembly held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in Washington, Islamabad on Friday cited its previous counter-terrorism cooperation with america to precise shock over the event.
“We contemplate the Pakistan-specific reference within the Indo-US joint assertion of Feb 13 as one-sided, deceptive and opposite to diplomatic norms. We’re stunned the reference has been added to the joint assertion however Pakistan’s counter-terrorism cooperation with the US,” stated Pakistan Overseas Workplace (FO) spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan throughout a weekly media briefing.
PM Modi and Trump had an in depth dialogue on the “world scourge of terrorism” and reaffirmed that terrorist secure havens needs to be eradicated from each nook of the world.
“Recognising a shared need to deliver to justice those that would hurt our residents, the US introduced that the extradition to India of Tahawwur Rana has been authorised. The leaders additional known as on Pakistan to expeditiously deliver to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai, and Pathankot assaults and be certain that its territory is just not used to hold out cross-border terrorist assaults,” learn the Joint Assertion issued after the assembly.
Pakistani-origin businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana is accused of involvement within the 2008 Mumbai assaults that killed 166 folks, together with six People, by offering materials help to Pakistani terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. He has been linked to Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, a key conspirator within the assaults and can also be accused of getting shut hyperlinks with Pakistan’s Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI).
The assertion talked about the joint resolve of each leaders and their dedication to strengthen cooperation in opposition to terrorist threats from teams – together with Al-Qa’ida, ISIS, Jaish-e Mohammad, and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba – with a purpose to forestall heinous acts just like the assaults in Mumbai on 26/11 and the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021.
Each leaders additionally pledged to work collectively to forestall proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their supply programs and to disclaim entry to such weapons by terrorists and non-state actors.
As Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump introduced plans to pursue new procurements and co-production preparations for ‘Javelin’ Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and ‘Stryker’ Infantry Fight Automobiles in India in addition to accelerating defence know-how cooperation throughout house, air defence, missile, maritime and undersea applied sciences, the Pakistani Overseas Ministry additionally expressed its concern over deepening India-US defence partnership spanning a number of domains.
“Pakistan can also be deeply involved over the deliberate switch of navy know-how to India. Such steps intensify navy imbalances within the area and undermine strategic stability. They continue to be unhelpful in attaining sturdy peace in South Asia,” stated Shafqat Ali Khan.
