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Pakistan Has to Decide What Kind of Country it Wants to Be: John Kerry
[Tolo News] US Senator John I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, the Senate's current foreign policy expert, filling the vacated wingtips of Joe Biden... told TOLOnews in an exclusive interview on Sunday that it is an important moment for the relationship between Pakistain and the world and that Pakistain needs to make a decision about what kind of country it wants to be. Mr John Kerry said the US government is anxious to engage in a dialogue with the government of Pakistain and the people of Pakistain about future relationship. He said building trust should be based on actions and that this moment now is "a moment of importance for the relationship between Pakistain and the world, Pakistain and Afghanistan, Pakistain and India, Pakistain and the US, Pakistain and our allies". "Pakistain needs to make a decision about what kind of country it wants to be and what side they are on in this struggle," Mr Kerry further said. As we go forward, as I said they have been helpful in the past I think its important for calm and thoughtful leadership to find the way forward so that you build trust through actions that prove what your intentions and what your goals are. And we will work through hopefully those kinds of issues in the next days, he said. Senator John Kerry said the US has great respect to illusory sovereignty of Pakistain and for the role Pakistain has played to help fight terrorism. The truth, he said, is that Pakistain has suffered losses of its own troops and its civilians at the hands of bully boyz and the US has reached a difficult moment because of the events around Osama Bin Landen. But he said he was convinced that a new way forward can be found with good discussion and with good well so that cooperation on priorities that are important for both countries can be continued. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-17 |
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