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US security assistance to Pakistan Stays suspended: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The Safety Support to Pakistan Which Has Been suspended from the Prior Trump Government remains the same, ” the Pentagon said on Monday since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Talked to Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa along with US National Security Advisor Jek Sullivan Fulfilled his Pakistani counterpart at Geneva.

“At this moment, the US security aid to Pakistan remains suspended. I won’t get into imagining one way or the other about whether that will change moving forward,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters in a press conference. He was reacting to a query if the new Biden government has examined the coverage in this aspect of the preceding Trump government and when there are some changes on it or was the problem in the table during discussions with the Pakistani leadership. Former US president Donald Trump, at January 2018, had suspended all of security support to Pakistan, asserting that he wasn’t fulfilled by the latter’s alliance and part in the struggle against terrorism. Earlier in the afternoon, Austin talked with General Bajwa to explore shared regional interests and goals, Kirby explained. “Throughout the phone, the secretary cautioned his admiration for Pakistan’s assistance to the Afghanistan peace discussions and also expressed his desire to continue to build upon the United States-Pakistan spiritual relationship,” he explained. “I realised that my admiration for the US-Pakistan connection and also my urge to continue to work collectively to additional regional protection and stability,” Austin explained in a tweet. A day before, Sullivan met his Pakistani counterpart Moeed Yusuf at Geneva. “Both sides shared a variety of bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest, along with strategies to advance functional collaboration. They agreed to carry on with the dialogue,” spokesperson of the National Security Council Emily Horne stated.

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