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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan wanted a relationship with the US that was in line with the changed priorities of the former from "geopolitics to geo-economics".
Addressing the Margalla Dialogue Forum 2021 in Islamabad, the foreign minister said: "We value our relations with the US. Looking towards the future, we don't want a transactional relationship with the US. We want multifaceted ties that are not susceptible to the vagaries of regional and international policies.
"In line with Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision for a shift from geopolitics to geo-economics, we want a relationship with the US that is in sync with our changed priorities."
Qureshi added that enhanced trade and investment ties with the US, along with cooperation in regional connectivity would work for the benefit of both countries.
With Russia, he said Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach had not only led to a rapprochement but opened doors for reinvigorated relations in the security and economic realms.
“The Pak-Russia trajectory is contributing to stability in the region and we will continue to strengthen it,” he maintained.
The foreign minister said: “The upshot is that a country like Pakistan sitting astride the crossroads of South, Central and West Asia cannot make binary choices. We will remain equidistant, accessible to all, reaching out to all.”
“And, directly connected to all this, is the situation in Afghanistan,” he said, adding that the United Nations...
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