ISLAMABAD: US secretary of state Mike Pompeo is predicted to press Pakistan to target all terror teams on its soil and play a good role in war-torn Afghanistan when he meets the rustic's new leadership here the next day to come in a bid to reset the strained bilateral ties, in keeping with media experiences.
Pompeo is arriving in Islamabad along with General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, days after the Trump management cancelled US $ 300 million in army help to Pakistan because it was not doing sufficient towards terrorist teams inside of its borders, the most recent controversy to hit Islamabad's relationship with Washington.
Pompeo will probably be in Islamabad ahead of the maiden 2+2 Dialogue between India and the USA in New Delhi on September 6. Pompeo's talks here will be the Trump management's first high-level discussion with Pakistan for the reason that new govt of Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed administrative center after the July 25 elections.
In their talks with Pakistani officials, the USA delegation will "make very clear what we have to do, all of our nations, in meeting our common foe, the terrorists," defence secretary James Mattis said ultimate week in Washington.
"And make that a primary part of the discussion," he was quoted as announcing via Dawn newspaper.
The Trump management has made it transparent to Pakistan that it will need to again the USA strategy in Afghanistan if it needs just right members of the family with Washington, the paper said in every other document the day prior to this.
The strategy - as outlined via both the State Department and the Pentagon ultimate week - is to use a mix of army and diplomatic pressures to force the Taliban to paintings with Kabul for restoring peace in Afghanistan, it said.
The US believes that a operating relationship between the Taliban and Kabul may end up in an honourable withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the document said.
Washington sent its first transparent message to Pakistan ultimate week when Pompeo telephoned Prime Minister Khan and sought "decisive action against all terrorists operating in Pakistan".
Initially, Pakistan disputed the USA version of this conversation, however later withdrew its objection, the document said on Monday.
Then on Saturday, the Pentagon introduced that it was in quest of to reallocate the USA $ 300 million in help to Pakistan due to Islamabad's lack of "decisive actions" in give a boost to of America's Afghan strategy.
Though Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi downplayed tips the funding row has led to mutual tensions, he disregarded as "incorrect" the experiences the USA has cancelled USD 300 million in army help to the rustic, announcing Washington owed the money to Islamabad for expenses incurred on combating terrorism.
"It is not a cut in any [US] aid, it is not assistance. This is our own money which we have used for improving regional security situation and they had to reimburse it to us," Qureshi asserted.
Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner on Saturday said the plan to reallocate US $ 300 million will probably be submitted to Congress for approval and it will carry the overall amount withheld from Pakistan underneath the Coalition Support Funds to US $ 800 million since early this yr.
The cancellation of the Coalition Support Funds was a move to put force on Islamabad to stop Taliban insurgents from using Pakistani soil for plotting attacks inside of Afghanistan, the Voice of America (VoA) quoted observers as announcing.
In January, US President Donald Trump suspended all army help to Pakistan accusing it of rewarding previous help with "nothing but lies and deceit."
Senator Mushahid Hussain, who heads the overseas affairs committee of the Senate, informed the VoA that the stoppage of US $ 300 million will undermine Pompeo's discuss with.
"On the eve of the most important visit to Pakistan by an official American [delegation] since the new government took office, Pakistan-American relations are hanging by a thread," Hussain was quoted as announcing.
Pompeo is arriving in Islamabad along with General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, days after the Trump management cancelled US $ 300 million in army help to Pakistan because it was not doing sufficient towards terrorist teams inside of its borders, the most recent controversy to hit Islamabad's relationship with Washington.
Pompeo will probably be in Islamabad ahead of the maiden 2+2 Dialogue between India and the USA in New Delhi on September 6. Pompeo's talks here will be the Trump management's first high-level discussion with Pakistan for the reason that new govt of Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed administrative center after the July 25 elections.
In their talks with Pakistani officials, the USA delegation will "make very clear what we have to do, all of our nations, in meeting our common foe, the terrorists," defence secretary James Mattis said ultimate week in Washington.
"And make that a primary part of the discussion," he was quoted as announcing via Dawn newspaper.
The Trump management has made it transparent to Pakistan that it will need to again the USA strategy in Afghanistan if it needs just right members of the family with Washington, the paper said in every other document the day prior to this.
The strategy - as outlined via both the State Department and the Pentagon ultimate week - is to use a mix of army and diplomatic pressures to force the Taliban to paintings with Kabul for restoring peace in Afghanistan, it said.
The US believes that a operating relationship between the Taliban and Kabul may end up in an honourable withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the document said.
Washington sent its first transparent message to Pakistan ultimate week when Pompeo telephoned Prime Minister Khan and sought "decisive action against all terrorists operating in Pakistan".
Initially, Pakistan disputed the USA version of this conversation, however later withdrew its objection, the document said on Monday.
Then on Saturday, the Pentagon introduced that it was in quest of to reallocate the USA $ 300 million in help to Pakistan due to Islamabad's lack of "decisive actions" in give a boost to of America's Afghan strategy.
Though Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi downplayed tips the funding row has led to mutual tensions, he disregarded as "incorrect" the experiences the USA has cancelled USD 300 million in army help to the rustic, announcing Washington owed the money to Islamabad for expenses incurred on combating terrorism.
"It is not a cut in any [US] aid, it is not assistance. This is our own money which we have used for improving regional security situation and they had to reimburse it to us," Qureshi asserted.
Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner on Saturday said the plan to reallocate US $ 300 million will probably be submitted to Congress for approval and it will carry the overall amount withheld from Pakistan underneath the Coalition Support Funds to US $ 800 million since early this yr.
The cancellation of the Coalition Support Funds was a move to put force on Islamabad to stop Taliban insurgents from using Pakistani soil for plotting attacks inside of Afghanistan, the Voice of America (VoA) quoted observers as announcing.
In January, US President Donald Trump suspended all army help to Pakistan accusing it of rewarding previous help with "nothing but lies and deceit."
Senator Mushahid Hussain, who heads the overseas affairs committee of the Senate, informed the VoA that the stoppage of US $ 300 million will undermine Pompeo's discuss with.
"On the eve of the most important visit to Pakistan by an official American [delegation] since the new government took office, Pakistan-American relations are hanging by a thread," Hussain was quoted as announcing.
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