‘Pakistan did not beg India’: Foreign Office response to Indian Defense Minister’s statement

‘Pakistan did not beg India’: Foreign Office response to Indian Defense Minister’s statement

Pakistan K Foreign Office Reacting to the Indian Defense Minister’s statement of ’embracing Pakistan’, he has said on Thursday that Pakistan has not begged India.

According to the Indian journal Economic Times India Times, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in a speech at an election rally on Sunday thatIndia Ready to embrace and engage with Pakistan.

But Pakistan will have to guarantee that it will ‘stop promoting terrorism’ in India.

In the briefing held at the Pakistani Foreign Office on Thursday, Independent Urdu questioned the Indian Defense Minister’s statement.

The spokesperson of the Foreign Office said in response to this question that “Pakistan has neither begged India nor expressed any desire.” We have only one position to correct the environment India has created in South Asia.

“In Pakistan, India which is supporting terrorism and extrajudicial killings should end it. It has always been Pakistan’s desire to play a role in the development of the region.

Spokesperson of the Foreign Office, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, gave a statement on the incident in Swat in the weekly briefing that the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce did not inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the issue of the ambassadors’ travel and protocol in Swat.

In this regard, we have also asked foreign diplomats to follow the ongoing guidelines on several occasions. In the Swat incident, the visit was organized neither by the Ministry of External Affairs nor the Government of Pakistan.

The visit was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. After the incident, the Deputy Prime Minister also met these foreign diplomats.

Spokesperson of the Foreign Office added that an internal investigation was conducted and it was revealed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has fulfilled all its protocols. The matter was brought to the notice of the KP government through a letter.

“All the evidence is with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some ambassadors returned from Swat and informed the Foreign Office about their visit, after which the Foreign Office conveyed the details of the incident to the KP government.

He further informed that the action against the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce for violating the protocol is now being reviewed.

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that ‘Pakistan is determined to provide security to any foreign diplomat present here.’

Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

Regarding the meeting and preparations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that the Heads of State meeting is the second highest forum of the SCO.

Next month, the implementation and review of the Astana Summit will be done at the SCO Summit.

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“Pakistan supports SCO initiatives. SCO is working on transport and mutual positions. BRI and CPEC are indispensable for the development of Pakistan.

To a question that ‘Turkey did not mention Kashmir in the UN speech?’ Spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that Turkey is a member of the OIC Coordination Group on Jammu and Kashmir and has always supported Pakistan’s position on Kashmir.

“We will continue to fight for the implementation of the UN resolutions related to Kashmir.”

Responding to the statement of Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations that the world should talk to the Taliban, the spokesperson said, “We are concerned for the Afghan people and believe that they should get economic opportunities.”

“Secondly, we believe that the Afghan interim government should prevent terrorists from using their territory.”


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2024-09-27 06:48:29

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