US must respect the sovereignty of Pakistan, says Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar

US must respect the sovereignty of Pakistan, says Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that US must respect the sovereignty of Pakistan in order to make the ties effective.

According to Khar, violation of sovereignty cannot produce better results and the mutual interest will also suffer if it continues to happen.

In an interview to MSNBC channel, Khar said that Pakistan wants good relationship with US but a relationship that is built on mutual respect and mutual interest and both sides.

She said, “I don’t think it is a matter of grievance as much as it is about a matter of building a type of partnership which is lasting, which has the ownership of the people of Pakistan, and of course the parliament of Pakistan."

While talking about the disapproving incident in which NATO forces not only violated the sovereignty of Pakistan but also violated the international law by attacking on Salala check post in which 27 Pakistani soldiers were killed.

Khar said, "Salala incident of November 26 [2011] in which Pakistan lost 27 of its soldiers to what is considered to be friendly fire, fire coming in from allies. A fire or a death toll, which is still in some ways, in many minds of Pakistanis, unaccounted
for".

She further added, "So, I would like you to put yourself in those shoes for a moment and think that if 27 body bags were to return to the United States of America, and your public was told that they lost their lives because Pakistani troops fired on them,
what would be the level of hostility in the United States of America? I am quite sure very high."

She further added, "So, this was really the brink of continuing with a relationship or a partnership which was increasingly being seen in Pakistan not to be working for Pakistan…"

Khar made it clear that US cannot get a positive result until it respects the sovereignty of Pakistan and also respect the mutual interest of both countries.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Mar 23 2012. Filed under National, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry