The anti-Pakistan initiative was defeated in the US Congress

The anti-Pakistan initiative was defeated in the US Congress, while US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken made it clear once once more that the US does not support regime change in Pakistan.

Congressman Andy Ogles, a Republican from the US state of Tennessee, proposed to freeze aid to Pakistan in the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Act of 2024, but the measure was defeated during a recorded vote in the House.

Both the Democratic and Republican parties voted once morest, with 298 voting once morest and 132 voting in favor. Thus, this initiative faced a heavy defeat.

In the debate, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congresswoman Barbara Lee argued in favor of continuing aid to Pakistan.

Opposing the move, Jayla Jackson called it misleading and said that what my colleagues talk regarding does not reflect the government and people of Pakistan.

He said that for several decades, Pakistan and the US have established multilateral and diverse relations based on cooperation in the fields of defense, counter-terrorism, trade, investment, agriculture, energy, climate, health and education.

Republican Congresswoman Barbara Lee said that Pakistan’s assistance is necessary for stability in the region, combating extremism and promoting peace and security.

He said that in the fiscal year 2024, 135 million dollars were allocated for Pakistan, which will be spent on economic assistance, counter-narcotics, military education and training, counter-terrorism and health programs.

Sheila Jackson said that many Pakistani soldiers sacrificed their lives in the Afghan war, our cooperation is rooted in our common democratic values, bilateral relations are moving in the right direction.

In his statement, Andy Ogles criticized former Prime Minister Imran Khan for welcoming the victory of the Taliban in August 2021 and praising them for breaking the chains of slavery.

It should be noted that even before 2021, Andy Ogles had made baseless allegations once morest Pakistan.

The other side has once once more made it clear that it does not support regime change in Pakistan.

During a press briefing in Washington, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in response to a question that we do not support regime change in Pakistan and we have said this a million times, I don’t know how many times we have supported this change in Pakistan. They have talked.

On the question related to the general elections in Pakistan, he said that Pakistan is at the crossroads of elections and we do not take any position in this matter, our policy is clear.

Matthew Miller said that we support free and transparent elections in Pakistan and do not take a position on one side or the other on this issue.

The spokesperson of the US State Department said that we have repeatedly made it clear that Pakistan is our main partner, we work together on many issues, there has been no change in this and there will be no change.