Marc Grossman visions warm relationship between Pakistan and US in coming days

Marc Grossman visions warm relationship between Pakistan and US in coming days

Calling the parliamentary review of Islamabad’s ties with the US as Pakistan’s right as a sovereign country, US special envoy Marc Grossman has expressed hope that the two countries will be able to forge a wide-ranging relationship based on mutual interests
and respect.

“I hope that whatever review comes out and whatever conversation follows the review, that we can have a respectful relationship, and an active relationship,” Grossman told.

The special envoy, who has just returned from a visit to the Middle East and South Asia, after Pakistan denied him permission to visit cited counter-terrorism, Afghanistan and many other fields of mutual interest as areas where the two countries can cooperate.

Grossman said that the US very much wants a respectful relationship with Pakistan.

“The most important thing I will say to the people of Pakistan is that we respect the people of Pakistan. That is why we are pursuing policies such as civilian assistance, support for the democratic government and this idea that we ought to be able to find
our shared interests together and act on them together.”

Grossman further said, “My message to the people of Pakistan is that we ought to be able to go back to the (relationship of) mutual respect.”

While not confirming that the US is talking to the Taliban at this point, Grossman did say that Washington was using all of its “contacts in the region” in order to get Afghans talking to Afghans.

He disagreed with the contention that the US is sidelining anyone in the Afghan reconciliation process.

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