Baseless Rhetoric, Comments Against Pakistan Unacceptable: US Told

Foreign Secretary Tahmina Janjua Tuesday conveyed to the US administration, the disappointment of the government of Pakistan on the recent tweets and comments by US President Donald Trump and told US charg d'affaires ambassador in Pakistan Paul Jones that such baseless rhetoric about Pakistan was totally unacceptable.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Nov, 2018 ) :Foreign Secretary Tahmina Janjua Tuesday conveyed to the US administration, the disappointment of the government of Pakistan on the recent tweets and comments by US President Donald Trump and told US charg d'affaires ambassador in Pakistan Paul Jones that such baseless rhetoric about Pakistan was totally unacceptable.

The US charged'affaires ambassador was called in to register a strong protest on the unwarranted and unsubstantiated allegations made against Pakistan, Foreign Office in a press statement said.

Rejecting the insinuations about Osama bin Laden, the foreign secretary reminded the US that it was Pakistan's intelligence cooperation that provided the initial evidence to trace his whereabouts.

She told the US that no other country had paid a heavier price than Pakistan in the fight against terrorism.

The US leadership had acknowledged on multiple occasions that Pakistan's cooperation had helped in decimating the core Al-Qaeda leadership and eradicating the threat of terrorism from the region, a press statement of Foreign office quoted her as saying.

She further said, "The US must not forget that scores of top Al-Qaeda leaders were killed or captured by active Pakistani cooperation. Pakistan's continued support to the efforts of international community in Afghanistan through Ground/ Air and Sea lines of communication was unquestionably critical to the success of this Mission in Afghanistan."In the wake of recent US pronouncements to seek political settlement in Afghanistan, she said, Pakistan and the US were working in close coordination with other regional stakeholders in order to end the prolonged conflict.

"At this critical juncture, baseless allegations about a closed chapter of history could seriously undermine this vital cooperation," she warned.