Conversation that rattled Imran Khan’s government took place at farewell lunch for Pakistan envoy to U.S., claims report
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Conversation that rattled Imran Khan’s government took place at farewell lunch for Pakistan envoy to U.S., claims report
The conversation that shook the prime minister led by the Government Imran Khan in Pakistan took place on March 7 on a farewell lunch for the country’s ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan at his residence in Washington, A media report said on Sunday.
Quoting a diplomatic and official source, the Dawn newspaper reported that a note taker also attended a meeting of lunch and cable that the Ambassador Khan was then sent to Islamabad based on records taken by Note-Taker, which came from the Pakistani Embassy.
Since the lunch meeting – was attended by the US assistant Secretary of State for the affairs of South and Central Asia Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Lesslie C Viguerie – held less than two weeks after Russian military operation against Ukraine, the invasion dominated conversation, the paper was said.
These sources say parties A.S. Declare ‘disappointment’ with the decision of Pakistan to send the Prime Minister, Imran Khan, to Moscow on Russian day storming Ukraine, the newspaper said.
They showed how the invasion had angered the entire American country and explained why they thought Pak Khan had to delay his visit,” said one source.
Other sources said LU signaled that “Washington believed the final decision to continue the visit even though the invasion was that Imran Khan” although some Pakistani officials suggested delaying it, the paper reported.
The Ambassador of Khan, according to these sources, argues that it is a collective and Pakistani decision has tried to visit Moscow for years. And when the invitation comes, they can’t reject it or delay it.
However, America argued that Islamabad also had to “consider Washington’s sensitivity” on this problem before continuing the visit, the newspaper said.
The sources said the conversation then floated into the current political environment in Pakistan, and Lu showed that Washington was very concerned about the situation and the results of the steps without confidence in the prime minister would then influence the relationship of A.S.-Pakistan would also affect the US. , said the newspaper.
One source claimed Lu’s argument “worrying and far from the routine”, but he did not threaten the regime’s change.
The source also claimed that no one attended the meeting felt that America hatched the conspiracy to bring down the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Casa government led by Pak Khan.
No, there is no conspiracy. Nobody got the impression,” added the source. “But they say the results will have an impact on bilateral bonds, which can be interpreted in any way.” These sources said Americans never hid “their disappointment” with Pakistan for Moscow’s visit Mr. Khan. They claimed that the head of the Gen of Qamar Javed Bajwa had planned to visit Washington in April, but delay after knowing how Americans felt about Ukraine.
I never thought it was a conspiracy a.S., but triggered a certain reaction that had an impact on the domestic political situation in Pakistan,” another source said. “What Lu Lu said reflects what was felt and thought by Biden administration. It was very unusual. Not a little routine.”
The source claimed that the presence of defense attendance at the lunch meeting, and his previous involvement with Us. In the Ukrainian problem, explaining why the comment of the Bajawa Gen in Ukraine marked a significant departure” from Khan’s policy on this issue, this paper said. .
