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Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet
[ARABNEWS] Pakistain has summoned the US ambassador to protest against a tweet by President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... that accused Islamabad of providing "safe haven to terrorists" and deceiving Washington in the war on terror. Ambassador David Hale visited the Foreign Office late Monday to discuss the tweet, US Embassy front man Richard Snelsire said Tuesday. This latest diplomatic row broke out when Trump, in his first tweet of the year, said the US had "foolishly given Pakistain more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years," and had not received anything in return "but lies & deceits." This elicited a swift response from Pakistain’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, who said: "Trump’s ’no more’ does not hold any importance." Asif said US financial assistance was reimbursement of expenses that Pakistain incurred in operations against Lion of Islams, and compensation for logistical facilities made available to coalition forces fighting in Afghanistan. "We are ready to account for all the financial assistance that Pakistain has received from the US," he said. "All the monetary assistance was properly audited." Posted by: Fred 2018-01-03 |
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