washingtonA top US official has said that the US has a multi-faceted relationship with India and Pakistan and does not want to see a “war of words” but a constructive dialogue between the two countries for the betterment of their peoples. Relations between India and Pakistan have often been tense over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
A US State Department spokesperson said, “We have a global strategic partnership with India. I have also talked about the deep partnership we have with Pakistan. In our mind, these relationships are not a vacuum. We do not treat them in relation to each other.” lets see.” Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday when asked about the recent outburst against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in New York.
Price said each of these relationships is indispensable to the United States and to promoting and furthering America’s shared goals with India and Pakistan.
“The fact that we have a partnership with both the countries, we do not want to see war of words between India and Pakistan. We want to see a constructive dialogue between India and Pakistan. We think it is for the good of Pakistani and Indian. is taken.” people. There’s a lot of work we can do together bilaterally,” Price said in response to the question.
He said, “There are differences that certainly need to be addressed between India and Pakistan. The United States stands ready to assist both as a partner.”
Relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated after India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into two union territories on August 5, 2019.
Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bhutto-Zardari launched a personal attack on PM Modi last week And External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticized the RSS after telling the UN Security Council that “contemporary epicenters of terrorism” are very active and called for collective action to tackle them.
Though Jaishankar did not name any country, it was clear that he was indirectly referring to Pakistan.
Later, he told reporters in New York that the world sees Pakistan as the epicenter of terrorism and recalled US leader Hillary Clinton’s clear message to Islamabad in 2011 that snakes in one’s backyard eventually bite those who kill them. Let’s keep
“America has a global strategic partnership with India. This relationship stands on its own; it is not a zero-sum. We see the importance – indeed the inevitability – of maintaining valuable partnerships with both our Indian and Pakistani friends . Each of these relationships is also multidimensional,” Price said.
“So as we deepen our global strategic partnership with India, we also have a relationship in which we can be candid and candid with each other. Where we have disagreements or concerns, we voice them as like we do with our Pakistani friends as well.” ,” He said.
Responding to another question, Price said countries around the world welcomed when Prime Minister Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer that this was not an era of war.
“I think it’s notable that the communique that came out of the G20 also had very similar language – I think it’s a testament to the fact that it was language and it was a call that in this country, in South Asia, resonated in Europe and around the world. The United States certainly welcomes it,” he said.
The top US official said it is also important because India has a relationship with Russia that the US does not.
For decades, Russia was ready to be a partner for India in a way the US was not at the time. Of course, that has changed in recent decades, Price said.
He said it is a bipartisan legacy of many past administrations, perhaps most notably starting with the administration of former US President George W. Bush, that the US is now a “first resort” partner for India.
“There’s a lot of good we can do together, not only for our two countries, but around the world, and I think we’ll see a good example of that in the coming year when India hosts the G20,” he said. ”
“I know we will have the opportunity to visit India to engage closely with India in the context of the G20, and we will be able to see what cooperation between our two countries and the wider group of countries can provide. Maybe,” Price added.