Trump says ‘looking forward’ to meeting with new Pakistan leadership ‘very soon

Donald Trump told his cabinet members in the same meeting that he has ended $ 1.3 billion in aid to Pakistan because “this South Asian country houses enemies
FAWAD REAFFIRMS PAK-US TIES FOR AFGHAN PEACE:

Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry responded to Trump’s tweet and reaffirmed the importance of bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United States for peace in Afghanistan and regional stability.

 that Pakistans peace is linked to Afghanistan and its prosperity and the US holds an important role in this regard. Better relations with America will supplement regional peace Chaudhry tweeted

The US president underscored that his administration has initiated peace talks with the Taliban. He also announced that a meeting with the new leadership of Pakistan will take place “very soon”.

Earlier, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, who is considered close to President Trump, told CNN in an interview that if Pakistan helped the US in bringing the Taliban to the table for negotiations, then the US would focus on counterterrorism and the ISIS.

The Republican senator wants the US to offer Pakistan a free trade agreement as an incentive for Islamabad to push the Taliban to the peace table to end the Afghan war.

The US president alleged that Pakistan has not been fair to the United States.

“We want to have a great relationship with Pakistan, but they house the enemy. They take care of the enemy. We just can’t do that,” Trump said.

“So, I look forward to meeting with the new leadership in Pakistan. We will be doing that in the not too distant future. But I ended $ 1.3 billion that we paid. I think it was water, we were just paying to Pakistan. So, I ended that.”

Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan’s Prime Minister in August last year.

The cricketer turned politician had said in January last year that meeting US President Trump would be a “bitter pill” to swallow should he become Pakistan’s prime minister in elections later that year, but added, “I would meet him.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had met Prime Minister Khan in Islamabad in September last year and pressed him to take “sustained and decisive measures” against terrorists threatening the regional peace and stability

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