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Pak concerned over growing Indo-U.S. relations
June 29, 2017
Pakistan has expressed its concerns over the recent US-India Joint
Statement during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the
United States and said that it could aggravate an already tense
situation between Islamabad and New Delhi.
"The Joint Statement
is singularly unhelpful in achieving the objective of strategic
stability and durable peace in the South Asian region. By failing to
address key sources of tension and instability in the region, the
statement aggravates an already tense situation," Pakistan's Foreign
Office said in response to the Indo-US joint statement that was issued
on Tuesday after President Donald Trump's meeting with Prime Minister
Modi at the White House.
"The meeting in Washington D.C. between
President Trump and Prime Minister Modi was a missed opportunity to
induce India to alter its policies inimical to peace in the region," the
statement added.
"The leaders called on Pakistan to ensure that
its territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on other
countries," said the joint statement issued at the conclusion of the
meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump.
The
statement added that they further called on Pakistan to expeditiously
bring to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai, Pathankot, and
other cross-border terrorist attacks perpetrated by Pakistan-based
groups".
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