The
United States has emphasised the need for Pakistan “to deliver
outcomes and build confidence and trust” between the two countries.
Responding
to a journalist’s question regarding President Donald Trump’s
accusations of Pakistan harbouring terrorists, Deputy Spokesperson of
the State Department Robert Palladino said, “The Secretary has
emphasised the need for Pakistan to deliver outcome and build
confidence and trust between our two countries.”
Earlier
this month Trump launched a tirade against Pakistan, alleging that
the United States had “paid Pakistan billions of dollars and they
never informed us he [Osama bin Laden] was living there.”
“Of
course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I
pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade
Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan
Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there.
Fools!” the US president had tweeted.
On
a question about the tweets coming at a time when the US was looking
towards Pakistan to bring the Taliban to the table for peace
negotiations, Palladino said, “Our policy towards Pakistan is
clear.”
The
spokesperson welcomed Pakistan’s efforts to increase
people-to-people ties with India by breaking ground for the Kartarpur
corridor earlier this week.
“I
understand that it’s kind of a visa-free way for Indians to visit
this important Sikh site. And of course, the United States — we
would welcome efforts to increase people-to-people ties between India
and Pakistan,” he said.
When
asked if there would be any meetings between Washington and
Islamabad, the spokesperson said, “No new meetings have been
planned between the two countries at the moment.”
Prime
Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation of the Kartarpur corridor on
Wednesday, which connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur area of
Pakistan’s Narowal with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur
District.
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