ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that there is only a section of American intelligentsia which thinks Pakistan should be treated as a ‘foe’ by the US administration.
He was referring to recent discussion in the US Congress regarding whether to categorise Pakistan as a friend or foe. “The concerns were caused by Afghan and Indian propaganda which led to anti-Pakistan views by some congressmen,” he said in a television interview.
“(US) Congress is aware of Pakistan’s importance in the Islamic world, South Asia and in resolving the Afghan issue,” he said. But some congressmen who are not updated have raised these concerns which were baseless, he said. “We are striving to address their concerns,” he said.
“The US Senate mission during their recent visit to Miranshah under Senator John McCain was surprised to see Pakistan’s achievements in war on terror and lauded how we managed to control terror-related incidents at a time when such incidents are on a rise in the rest of the world,” the adviser said.
“Pakistan is acting against all sorts of terrorists according to its own anti-terror plan,” he said. About latest Kashmir situation, he said that Pakistan has apprised the world about human rights abuses by the Indian armed forces in the disputed state and would continue to back Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.
