The Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed on Friday the accusations made by India and the United States against Pakistan in a joint statement, describing it as “unilateral, misleading and contrary to diplomatic norms.”
The joint statement occurred after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, met at the White House a day before. He referred to Pakistan’s alleged participation in Mumbai’s attack of 2008 and accused the country of “supporting extremism.”
In response to the accusations, FO spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan, while talking during a weekly press news session, said: “We consider Pakistan’s specific reference in the United Indo-State Joint Declaration of February 13 as unilateral, misleading and contrary to diplomatic standards. “
“We are surprised that the reference has been added to the joint declaration despite Pakistan’s anti -terrorism cooperation with the United States.”
In addition, he said: “Such references cannot cover the sponsorship of terrorism, subversion and extrajudicial murders of India in the region and beyond, nor can they change international attention of the reality of India’s reality as a safe refuge for Perpetrators of hate crimes against Muslims and other minorities. “
The FO spokesman said that the declaration could not address the breach of India with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council “which is the key source of tension and instability in the region” and recognize the “situation of human rights Skills “in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Unfortunately, this is equivalent to the abdication of international responsibility. The international community recognizes the efforts and sacrifices of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism, ”he said.
“As a country that has greatly suffered terrorism, Pakistan would continue to contribute to regional and global efforts to promote peace and stability in the region. It is still committed to bringing the fight against terrorism to its logical conclusion by eliminating this scourge from the ground.
“Pakistan also remains committed to continuing with anti -terrorism efforts, addressing the issue of terrorism, including acts of terrorism perpetrated by foreign elements.”
The spokesman also expressed concern about the United States’s decision to increase military sales to India.
“Pakistan is also deeply concerned about the planned transfer of military technology to India. Such steps accentuate military imbalances in the region and undermine strategic stability. They remain useless to achieve lasting peace in southern Asia, ”said Khan.
“We urge our international partners to have a holistic and objective vision of peace and security problems in southern Asia and refrain from supporting positions that are unilateral and divorced from terrestrial realities.”
Trump says that the United States has approved the extradition of the suspect in 2008 Mumbai attacks
The United States approved the extradition of a suspect in the 2008 militant attacks in the financial capital of India Mumbai in which more than 160 people were killed, President Donald Trump said Thursday at a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The three-day attacks in hotels, a train station and a Jewish center, in which 166 people killed them attacks. Pakistan’s government denies being involved.
“I am pleased to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the conspirators and one of the very evil people in the world, having to do with the horrible terrorist attack of Mumbai 2008 to face justice in India. So he will return to India to face justice, ”Trump told White House journalists.
Trump did not appoint the individual at the press conference, but the joint declaration of the two parties later identified the man as a Chicago businessman of Pakistani and Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana.
The joint statement of India-United States also asked Islamabad to “bring justice to the accused of extremist attacks against India and prevent its territory from being used for extremism.”
Pakistan has repeatedly dismissed the accusations of supporting extremist activities as unfounded.
At the end of last month, the United States Supreme Court rejected the petition for frog review against its extradition.
Rana was previously sentenced to the United States Federal Prison for providing support to Lashkar-E-Taiba.
Trump was also asked at the press conference on Sijs separatists in the United States, whom India calls security threats. SIJ separatists demand that an independent homeland known as Khalistan be carved in India.
Trump did not answer the question directly, but said that India and the United States worked together in the crime.
Since 2023, the alleged targeting of Sijs from India in the United States and Canada has become a wrinkle in the ties between the United States and India, with Washington accusing a former Intelligence officer of India in a frustrated American plot. India says he is investigating the accusations of the United States.
