- FO says that Islamabad has signed up with us on several levels.
- “Pakistan is looking forward to consolidating bilateral links with us.”
- Khan hopes that we are restarting the refugee admission program.
Pakistan has expressed its hope that the Trump administration would take over the assistance programs under the American Agency for International Development (USAID) which has worked on a certain number of beneficial projects in various fields of the country.
This was indicated by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shafqat Ali Khan, in his weekly press briefing Thursday, to a question on the number of areas of the country would be assigned following the executive decree of the American president to arrest All foreign assistance programs.
Khan said that FO had noted the executive decree issued by US President Donald Trump, taking a break from all foreign development aid programs for 90 days to assess their effectiveness and their consistency with States Foreign Policy -Unis.
“Over the years, USAID has worked on a number of projects beneficial in Pakistan in the fields of energy, education, health and drug control,” he added. “We hope that these programs will restart soon, and the two parties will remain in contact on this subject.”
About the visit of “renowned businessmen” in Pakistan, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not treat it, although such visits are a regular characteristic of bilateral relations.
He referred to the recent visit to an American commercial delegation led by the Head Fund manager in Texas and a close partner of the Gentry beach in the Trump family.
“The United States is indeed the largest and most powerful economy in the world. As, we try to improve economic relations with all countries; the same thing applies to our relations with the United States “He added.
To a question linked to the links between the United States and India, Khan replied that it was up to New Delhi to decide on his links with the United States or other countries.
He pointed out that Islamabad remained engaged with the United States on several levels and that he was looking forward to getting involved and solidifying and strengthening bilateral ties “, relations that remain very important for Pakistan, for the United States and also from the point of view of regional stability “.
FO spokesperson, answering a question related to Afghan nationals, remained in Pakistan after the suspension of the American resettlement program, detailed that nearly 80,000 countries have been taken by various countries and around 40,000 are still present in the country.
He confirmed that FO had received Trump’s decree on January 20 concerning the suspension of the United States refugees admission program. He expressed the hope that the program would be restarted so that the other Afghan refugees can be resettled in the United States in accordance with the commitments given by the United States government.
Meanwhile, Islamabad reiterated that he had sufficient proof of terrorist groups in Afghanistan using left American weapons for terrorist activities on his soil, recalling the Kabul administration of its responsibility to act against such groups.
Regarding the boat capspel incident in Morocco, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated the repatriation of 22 Pakistani survivors.
After “in -depth investigations”, said individuals would have returned to Pakistan by lots, because the first batch had already arrived via two flights to Islamabad during the day.