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Islamabad: Foreign Office (FO) rejected the accusations against Pakistan on Friday in a joint declaration published by India and the United States, calling it “unilateral, deceptive and contrary to diplomatic standards”.
“The Pakistani reference in the joint Indo-American declaration cannot hide the sponsorship of India from terrorism, subversion and extrajudicial assassinations in the region and beyond,” said FO spokesperson, Shafqat Ali Khan, in his weekly press briefing.
The joint statement, accusing Pakistan of participation in Mumbai attacks in 2008, came after US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met at the White House a day earlier.
“The leaders (Modi and Trump) called on Pakistan to quickly translate the authors of 26/11 Mumbai, and attacks by Pathankot and to ensure that its territory is not used to carry out cross -border terrorist attacks” , he said.
Responding to allegations, the FO spokesperson said Pakistan’s reference had been included despite his cooperation against terrorism with the United States.
He said such references could not arouse international attention to the harsh reality of India being a safe refuge for hate crimes against Muslims and other minorities.
“The joint declaration fails to approach India’s non-compliance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, which is a key source of tension and instability in the region, and does not take knowledge of The dark human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Unfortunately, this is equivalent to an abdication of international responsibility, “he said.
The spokesperson reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to constructively contribute to regional and global efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability and the fight against terrorism to its logical conclusion.
He also expressed Islamabad’s concerns about the planned transfer of advanced military technologies to New Delhi because it could cause military imbalances in the region and undermine strategic stability.
In Washington, Trump told journalists that the United States “would increase military sales in India by several billion dollars.”
“We also open the way to finally provide India the fartive fighters of the F-35,” said the American president.
Trump has not provided a calendar, but foreign military sales, especially for advanced technologies such as the stealth F-35 jet, generally take years to work.
India has agreed to buy more than $ 20 billion in American defense products since 2008. Last year, India agreed to buy 31 MQ-9B Seagardienne and Skyguardian Drones after deliberations that lasted more six years old.
The FO spokesperson urged international partners to adopt a holistic and objective view of peace and security issues in South Asia and refrain from approving unilateral and divorced positions of the realities on the ground.
The United States “approves the suspect’s extradition” in 2008 Mumbai attacks
The United States approved the extradition of a suspect in 2008 militant attacks in the financial capital of India Mumbai in which more than 160 people were killed, said President Donald Trump on Thursday at a conference press with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The three-day attacks against hotels, a Jewish station and a Jewish center in which 166 people were killed on November 26, 2008. India states that the Pakistan Lashkar-E-Taiba group orchestrated the attacks. The government of Pakistan denies being involved.
“I am happy to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the conspirators and one of the very bad people in the world, having to do with the horrible terrorist attack of Mumbai 2008 to cope with the Justice in India.
Trump did not appoint the individual at the press conference, but a joint declaration of the two parties later identified man as a businessman from Chicago originally Pakistani and a Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana.
At the end of last month, the United States Supreme Court rejected Rana’s request for revision against her extradition. Rana has already been sentenced to US federal prison for supporting Lashkar-E-Taiba.
Trump was also questioned at the Sikhs separatists in the United States, India, which India calls security threats. Sikhs separatists ask that an independent homeland known as Khalistan is carved from India.
Trump did not answer the question directly, but said that India and the United States have worked together on crime.