This information has been given in the media report. “It is important that the US restore foreign military funding (to Pakistan) and foreign military sales, which were suspended by the previous administration,” Dawn news quoted Islamabad’s envoy Masood Khan as saying at a seminar in Washington on Thursday. ‘ US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Elizabeth, however, focused on the need to help rebuild the Pakistani economy and urged Islamabad to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Elizabeth said, ‘The reforms that Pakistan and the IMF have agreed upon are not easy.’ ‘But it is vital that Pakistan takes steps to put the country back on a sound financial footing, avoid falling further into debt and propel Pakistan’s economy forward.’ Dawn pointed out that since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the Washington-Islamabad relationship. US competition with China has further strained Pakistan’s relations with the US. But more recently, there has been an increase in high-level diplomatic engagement and dialogues focused on trade, energy, education, health and defence.
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Ambassador Khan not only stressed the need to rejuvenate the once close ties between the US and Pakistan, but also underlined the role of Washington in reducing tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. Responding to a question, Ambassador Khan said that Pakistan placed its first order for Russian oil and did so in consultation with the US government. He also talked about the role of Pakistan in bringing stability in Afghanistan.