Rawalpindi (January 03, 2018): The Director General Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said that India has played role in creating misunderstanding between Pak-Us relations that could negatively effect security situation in the region.
“The Indian is using Afghan soil against Pakistan and supported terrorism in the country, which is evident from the arrest of Kulbhushan Jadhav,” DG ISPR said while talking to private television.
Commenting on US president Donald Trump’s statement alleging Pakistan, he said, No amount of coercion can dictate us as we are sovereign state.”
The ISPR chief also pointed towards the Indian background of US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. “US should find out the elements which are aiming at deteriorating the US-Pakistan cooperation,” he said.
in response to a question about the tough statements from the US and the country not willing to consider Pakistan a friend and ally, the DG ISPR said that Pakistan continues to consider the US an ally.
“As far as Pakistan is concerned, we consider them allies. Our relationship has had its ups and downs but still, we are friends,” Major General Ghafoor said.
He continued to say that Pakistan and the United States have a history of cooperation.
“We had a choice at one point of time when we could have opted for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) but we preferred the US instead,” he said.
In regards to the double-game accusation, the military spokesperson said that the two countries are allies and Pakistan has supported the US.
“We have a very long list of occasions when we cooperated with the US but on the other hand, there were many times when the US didn’t support us,” said the DG ISPR. “Our relationship has had its ups and downs but we continue to be friends.”
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