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India-Pakistan
US should refrain from fanning S. Asian instability: Sartaj
2015-10-19
[DAWN] Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj PrunefaceAziz
...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in good jihadis and bad jihadis as a matter of national policy...
while speaking to BBC Urdu on Saturday said the United States (US) should refrain from fanning instability in South Asia.
Pakistain should get rid of this slimy, two-faced creature, one of many problems facing South Asia.
The National Security Advisor's (NSA) statement follows international media reports which claim the US is ready to help Pakistain join the Nuclear Suppliers Group if it accepts certain restrictions on its nuclear programme.

Additionally, a US media report last Thursday claimed that American special operations analysts ─ just days before the Oct 3 US air attack on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz ─ were gathering intelligence on the facility because they believed it was being used by a Pak operative to coordinate Taliban activity.

The reports have surfaced just days before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
's October 20 visit to Washington, where he is expected to discuss the nuclear issue with US President Barack Obama
I am not a dictator!...
.

Sartaj Aziz rejected the notion that allegations regarding the Pak operative's presence in the hospital would impact talks with the super power.

He said Pakistain had already denied allegations implicating a Pak operative in Kunduz, adding that "the world knows Pakistain is committed to peace and prosperity in Afghanistan".
And then his lips fell off...

The NSA said that the purpose of talks between Pakistain and the US during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Washington later this week will not be to reach a compromise on the extent of Pakistain's defence capabilities, but to discuss nuclear safety.

Sartaj said "Our main priority is to protect national interest and security, and we will not compromise on this."

He said efforts were under way to make Pakistain a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), and expressed hope that both Pakistain and India would be accepted as members of the NSG together.

Sartaj Aziz said the US can maintain whatever kind of relations it wishes to with India, but at a time when Pak-India relations are tense, the super power should not increase strategic and conventional imbalance in the region to the extent that there is a threat to regional security.

He said that many countries, including the US, wanted Pakistain and India to resolve their issues through dialogue, but for that it was important there was no regional imbalance.

The NSA said that Pakistain would welcome the steps the US took in order to improve the situation in Afghanistan.

He said US leadership had indicated an interest in dialogue with Afghanistan, but the decision ultimately rested with Afghan leadership. If the US wanted Pakistain to mediate the process, they would be ready to cooperate.

Sartaj said core issues to be discussed during the upcoming talks with the US include Pak-India relations, restoration of peace in Afghanistan and trade and investment opportunities.

Posted by:Fred

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