Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that “currently there are 12 billion dollars in Pakistan’s deposit which has been received from three friendly countries, however The Prime Minister has clearly said that he will not ask for any kind of loan from friendly countries.
The first meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs was held in Parliament under the chairmanship of Senator Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, in which issues related to Pakistan’s foreign affairs were discussed.
In committee Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar while giving a briefing on Pakistan’s diplomatic relations said that ‘Our effort is on direct investment and export. Our priority is now focused on these things.
‘There is only one way now and that is the way of exports.’
Regarding the relations with the neighboring countries, the foreign minister said that ‘Pakistan cannot change its neighbours, so it is better to improve the relations with the neighbours. Pakistan is trying to have positive relations with Afghanistan.
He said that two incidents have harmed Pakistan. Chinese engineers were attacked. Only Chinese citizens were targeted. Why were only Chinese citizens targeted? Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is involved in both the incidents, our demand is to expel TTP from Afghanistan.
The foreign minister said that the CPEC project is not being tolerated by the enemies.
‘I will visit Kabul soon’
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that he would soon visit Kabul in view of the increasing incidents of cross-border terrorism.
He said in this regard that ‘I will go to Afghanistan following a few days. Afghanistan is our brother country.
Pakistan has seen an increase in terrorist incidents over the past two years, for which Pakistan blames cross-border movement of terrorists.
‘Pakistan is not alone diplomatically’
In the meeting of the committee, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that matters are improving for Pakistan at the diplomatic level.
Let me make it clear that Pakistan is not diplomatically alone. There have been high-level visits at the diplomatic level in the first hundred days of the government.
He added that we have completed our responsibility on Gaza. I have demanded action once morest them by taking the clear name of Israel at the international level.
‘Polio resurgence in Pakistan due to Afghanistan’
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar further said that ‘polio was eradicated from Pakistan in 2018, but polio cases are resurfacing in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to traffic from the Afghanistan border.’
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Aafia Siddiqui’s efforts to return home continue
In response to Senator Irfanullah’s question, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that earlier attempts were made to bring Aafia Siddiqui back to Pakistan.
When we went to the United States during the previous regime of PML-N, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had personally talked to President Obama regarding the return of Aafia Siddiqui, but he replied that this cannot happen. President Obama said that our court has punished us, we cannot do anything.
Ishaq Dar said that ‘Aafia Siddiqui has already suffered a lot. Until Aafia Siddiqui comes to Pakistan, they will keep trying.’
In contact with Iran’s new leadership: Foreign Secretary
Secretary of State Cyrus Qazi told the Senate committee that “Unfortunately, the Iranian president died in an accident, but we are in contact with the new leadership of Iran, the new leadership that was agreed upon during the visit of President Raisi.” will be carried forward.’
The foreign secretary said that ‘on the issue of Gaza, we have adopted the same position at every international forum, supporting Palestine was part of the policy in the previous governments as well.’
He further said that the foreign minister has assured during his foreign visits that Pakistan is an experienced country in terms of nuclear power plant and its nuclear assets are safe.
Senator Sherry Rehman asked questions on foreign policy, to which Foreign Secretary Cyrus Qazi replied that “Pakistan cannot ignore geopolitics.” Pakistan is protecting its interest in relations with countries bigger than itself.
He said that there are many challenges for a state like Pakistan.
‘The Foreign Service Academy now prioritizes economic diplomacy. Economic diplomacy was already being talked regarding. A report is taken from the mission regarding how many meetings have been held, what discussions have been held and how many deals have been completed in six months.
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2024-07-10 11:28:41