Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is facing a political crisis in Pakistan, has recently given many statements about America. Now experts believe that this can have a great impact on the bilateral relations between America and Pakistan. At the same time, American officials can also be careful in talking to Pakistani officials. Khan had alleged that a “foreign conspiracy” was involved in the attempts to oust him from power. However, the US has denied all the allegations.
News agency ANI quoted Dawn as saying that PM Khan, in his address to the nation on Thursday, had named America as responsible for the letter, later he corrected it and said that it is another country, not America. The US reacted to Khan’s statements on Thursday. “There is no truth in these allegations,” the spokesperson said.
According to diplomatic critics, embassies and officials of host countries sometimes use informal meetings to express “views” that cannot be communicated through official channels. One observer said, ‘Embassies are like listening posts. They hear many things and share with their government for understanding and analysis.
“But if you make the host country’s officials feel embarrassed, they won’t talk to you and your embassy will no longer be a listening post,” he added.
“Looking at the history of US-Pakistan relations, it is common for officials on both sides to share personal and negative assessments of the current situation in private discussions,” said Michael Koogelman, a South Asian affairs expert at the Wilson Center in Washington.