Summary FM Qureshi said that they restored the lost contact with the United States.
WASHINGTON (Dunya News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that the United States of America (US) believes Pakistan is playing a positive role in Afghan peace process as Afghanistan is their first priority and it will also increase the importance of Pakistan.
Speaking exclusively in Dunya News program ‘Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Sath’, FM Qureshi expressed that US President Donald Trump offered to play the role of mediator on Kashmir issue while Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan is ready to sit at the table for dialogues.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi asserted that contacts with the US were completely lost which their government has restored. He added that Indian statements used to be dominant in the US for which they tried to push Pakistan into diplomatic isolation but Pakistan succeeded to put their statement and they informed the US about the situations in Kashmir.
Responding to a question, he expressed that the US believes that Pakistan is not a problem but a solution today and that it is playing a positive role in the Afghan peace process. “If there is peace in Afghanistan, then it will also benefit Pakistan,” he maintained.
The Foreign Minister asserted that they told the US that they have visited the United States for trade and not aid. He added that their economic reforms were praised whereas Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa received guard of honor at the Pentagon.
