Pakistan urges US to avoid hostile statements
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 am ICT by IANSIslamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged the US to exercise restraint in making public statements that were adverse to bilateral relationship, Xinhua reported.
Zardari, during a meeting with US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman, also emphasised the need to develop a cooperative and joint roadmap to overcome the trust deficit, said the president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar.
He claimed that no country had made greater contributions and sacrifices in fighting terrorism than Pakistan.
Zardari said that Pakistan was committed to pursuing fight against militants till its logical conclusion.
The enemies of peace will continue to sabotage peace process but we should not let them hold the governments in the region hostage, he added.
Zardari said that ironically the militants and terrorists gained the most from verbal assault and finger-pointing at Pakistan or questioning our commitment to fighting extremists.
The president said that it only damaged the relationship between the two countries and undermined the common objective of defeating extremism and terrorism.
“It was high time for the verbal assault to cease and the rhetoric to cool so that serious and meaningful dialogue between the two countries could resume in earnest,” President Zardari stated.
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