ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani asked the United States of America on Friday to respect Pakistan’s red lines, its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Talking to US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter who called on him at the PM House, Gilani said the United States must guarantee that the frontiers of the country would be respected in future.
Prime Minister Gilani said it was his primary responsibility to safeguard Pakistan’s dignity and honour, adding that respect for sovereignty and non-repeat of unilateral action were the very minimum that Pakistan expected.
He also stressed that close cooperation was maintained between Pakistan and the United States to fight against terrorism, the common enemy of the civilised world.
He said Pakistan wanted to work with the United States to defeat the menace.
The PM gave credit to the democratic government and said the Parliament was fully behind the government in this regard.
He said no war can be fought without the support of the people.
The prime minister reiterated Pakistan’s position and said that an independent, prosperous and stable Afghanistan was in Pakistan’s interests.
He said Pakistan would support the process of reconciliation in Afghanistan which was Afghan-led and Afghan-owned and did not destabilise Pakistan.
The US Ambassador said the common enemy of terrorism must be defeated for which both the countries needed to focus and cooperate with commitment and single-mindedness.
He said the convergence of interests between the two countries against terrorism provided a realistic basis and common ground to continue to collaborate and save the world from the curse of extremism and terrorism.
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