S Jaishankar On US' Fighter Aircraft Deal With Pak

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The minister stated at an occasion organised by the Indian American group

Washington:

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has raised questions over the "deserves" of the US-Pakistan relationship and stated that Washington's ties with Islamabad haven't served the "American curiosity".

"It is a relationship that has neither ended up serving Pakistan properly nor serving the American pursuits," Mr Jaishankar stated at an occasion organised by the Indian American group in Washington on Sunday.

The remarks had been made when the Indian minister was questioned by the viewers on US motion on F-16 fighter jets with Pakistan. Simply weeks in the past, for the primary time since 2018, the US State Division authorized a International Army Sale (FMS) to the Authorities of Pakistan for the sustainability of the Pakistan Air Pressure F-16 fleet and gear at the price of USD 450 million.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh promptly conveyed to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin India's considerations over Washington's resolution to offer a sustenance bundle for Pakistan's F-16 fleet.

"It is actually for the USA right now to replicate on the deserves of this relationship and what they get by it," Mr Jaishankar asserted.

"For somebody to say I'm doing this as a result of it's all counter-terrorism content material and so if you end up speaking of an plane like a functionality of an F-16 the place everyone is aware of, the place they're deployed and their use. You aren't fooling anyone by saying this stuff," Mr Jaishankar famous.

"If I had been to talk to an American policy-maker, I might actually make the case (that) look what you might be doing," he asserted.

Mr Jaishankar on Saturday concluded the high-level United Nations Normal Meeting debate in New York and is scheduled to spend the following three days in Washington.

The minister is scheduled to fulfill along with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and different high officers of the Biden administration.

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