Summary US President Donald Trump said his administration will soon be meeting with Pakistani officials.
WASHINGTON (Dunya News) – US President Donald Trump has said that relations between the United States and Pakistan are "very good." Trump further said his administration will soon be meeting with Pakistani officials.
The brief remarks came as President Donald Trump prepared to depart the White House for Ohio, where he is set to visit a tank factory and meet with supporters.
US-Pakistani relations had taken a turn for the worse in recent years, with the US announcing a $300 million cut in military aid to Pakistan in 2018. Trump attacked Pakistan on Twitter in November, saying it was not doing enough to stop terrorism.
However, recently, tensions between the US and Pakistan have thawed with Trump praising Prime Minister Imran Khan s role in facilitating the Afghan peace process. Last month, Trump had said the US has developed a "much better" relationship recently with Pakistan and had added that the US may set up some meetings with Pakistan.
The main sticking point between Washington and Islamabad has been the issue of the Taliban s presence in Afghanistan. The US has been engaged in a more than 17-year war against the group and is currently engaged in talks with it to hammer out a prospective peace deal to end the conflict.
Officials of the two countries have met numerous times over the past two months. In September, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Pakistan and met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and then-newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan.
