No US delegation will be entertained in Pakistan without mutual

{Pakistan], Sept.28 (ANI):Extremely upset with US President Donald Trump’s accusations towards Pakistan of harbouring and supporting terrorists and enjoying spoilsport for establishing peace in Afghanistan, Islamabad has set down new guidelines of engagement with Washington.

As per the brand new guidelines of Pakistan’s international coverage, “No US delegation can be entertained with out mutual settlement and strict protocol can be maintained with US delegations based on their official standing,” the Pakistan Overseas Workplace stated.

“On the one hand, you actually humiliate us and undermine our sacrifices within the battle towards terrorism, and on the identical time, you count on us to entertain US delegations that too on the time of their selecting. This won’t work anymore, strict protocol can be adopted,” Zari Information quoted a senior Pakistan Overseas Workplace official, as saying.

Low-ranked US officers such because the assistant secretary of state will not be given the privilege of calling on the president and prime minister of Pakistan, he stated.

This turned evident when Pakistan advised Performing Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells simply hours earlier than her arrival in Islamabad on August 28, to place off her go to.

“The obvious snub was a transparent message to the USA that there wouldn’t be enterprise as normal within the aftermath of the brand new roadmap unveiled by President Trump for Afghanistan on August 21 and Pakistan couldn’t be taken with no consideration any extra,” Zari Information quoted senior Overseas Workplace official as saying, who requested to not be named.

Performing Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells made a sudden plan to go to Pakistan , when she was imagined to undertake a tour of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to debate the Trump administration’s new technique for Afghanistan. (ANI)