Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday that the government was not expecting mediation offer from the US President Donald Trump for Kashmir dispute. He added that the Indian stubbornness on Kashmir would be proved costly for the neighbouring country.
While talking to ARY News programme ‘Aiteraz Hai’ hosted by Adil Abbasi, the finance minister said that the US mediation offer on longstanding Kashmir dispute is a major achievement of Pakistan and it was actually requested by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi which he is now rejecting in an outrageous manner.
“The situation in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir is worsening day by day. We have convinced the United States that the Kashmir dispute is seeking a solution.”
Qureshi added, “The decision is with the US whether it wants to continue its ties with India or not.”
While commenting over the Afghanistan reconciliation process, the foreign minister said, “Prime Minister Imran Khan will convince Taliban to hold dialogues with the Afghan government. I think Taliban should take part in Afghan election as it is also a US desire to initiate intra-dialogues in the country.”
“Pakistan is trying to play the role of a facilitator in the peace process but Islamabad is not in favour of intervening into internal affairs of Afghanistan.”
“We had held productive meetings with US investors [during the PM Khan’s visit]. Trump had emphasised to increase trade volume with Pakistan,” said Qureshi.
