Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that Pakistan wants a relationship with the United States which is in ‘sync’ with the country’s changed priorities.
Speaking at Margalla Dialogue Forum in Islamabad, the foreign minister said the new approach is in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of shifting from geo-politics to geo-economics.
While maintaining that Islamabad values its longstanding relationship with Washington, Qureshi said the country “wanted multifaceted ties that were not susceptible to the vagaries of regional and international policies”.
“Recent strategic rivalry between the world powers has added to the nuances of global peace,” Qureshi said. “The mindset of geopolitics must be restructured and the importance of geo-economics must be acknowledged. The future of a successful foreign policy depends on not repeating the strategic mistakes of the early 1990s.”
The country’s top diplomat added that enhanced trade and investment ties with the US and cooperation with regards to regional connectivity can work to Pakistan’s mutual benefit.
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Regarding the situation in Afghanistan, Qureshi warned that a dire humanitarian crisis is looming in the war-torn country and it has consequences for the region and beyond.
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