Pak must make sincere efforts to curb terrorism on Afghan border: Pompeo
Team Udayavani, Oct 24, 2018, 10:37 AM IST
Washington: Pakistan will be held responsible if they do not make sincere efforts to curb terrorism on their western border with Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.
Talking to reporters Tuesday at the State Department’s Foggy Bottom headquarters, Pompeo said this was the message he had delivered to the Pakistani leadership when he travelled to Islamabad in September, after Imran Khan became prime minister.
We had made clear that the US policy with respect to south-central Asia has not changed, that our expectation is that Pakistan will not provide safe harbor to terrorists on their western border, he said in response to a question on AfPak.
On September 5, Pompeo met Khan and pressed him “to do more” to rein in the terror groups operating from Pakistan’s soil.
We couldn’t make that message any more clear and that Pakistan will be held account if they don’t see about it… If they’re not sincere in that effort.
“We don’t believe we can get to the place that everyone wants. Everyone wants reconciliation in Afghanistan, and to achieve that you can’t have a safe harbor for Taliban – for Haqqani, and for others inside of Pakistan, Pompeo said.
The Pakistani government knows that “that’s our review and this administration has already made significant efforts to hold them accountable and we hope that they’ll achieve the goal that we have out for them, said the Secretary of State.
He indicated that there has been no change in the Trump administration’s policy with regard to suspension of security aid to Pakistan unless it takes satisfactory measures to eliminate safe terrorist safe havens.
Early this year, US President Donald Trump had suspended USD 300 million in security aid to Pakistan. India, too, had asked Pakistan to stop supporting and glorifying terrorists and terror activities against India and its other neighbours.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
‘America of your dreams calling’: Biden to Democratic supporters
Indian consulate in Canada cancels consular camps due over security issues
Hindu temple in Brampton suspends priest for spreading ‘violent rhetoric’
President Xi congratulates Trump; says China, US should find ‘right way’ to manage differences
Harris, Trump agree on importance of unifying country as they speak over phone
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Neeraj Chopra to head to South Africa for off-season training later this month
Sensex, Nifty fall for 2nd day on FII selling; RIL, ICICI Bank major drag
Akhilesh Yadav attacks BJP on demonetisation anniversary
SC notice to Karnataka, DK Shivakumar on CBI plea against withdrawal of consent by state govt
DeMo paved way for monopolies by devastating MSMEs, informal sector: Rahul on note ban anniversary
Thanks for visiting Udayavani
You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.