Pakistan has other options, NSA Yusuf tells US

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WASHINGTON: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan has other options if US President Joe Biden continues to ignore the country’s leadership.


“The president of the United States hasn’t spoken to the prime minister of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in some cases, in some ways, in Afghanistan — we struggle to understand the signal, right?” Mr Yusuf told The Financial Times in an interview.


“We’ve been told every time that… [the phone call] will happen, it’s technical reasons or whatever. But frankly, people don’t believe it,” he said. “If a phone call is a concession, if a security relationship is a concession, Pakistan has options,” he added, refusing to elaborate.

Pakistan has other options, NSA Yusuf tells US

Objects to President Biden’s failure to call Prime Minister Khan.

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[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

President Biden is rehearsing well! IK doesn’t take harsh words lightly!!! No wonder he’s divorced twice….

 

[Krptonite]

President Biden is rehearsing well! IK doesn’t take harsh words lightly!!! No wonder he’s divorced twice….

You sir, have the superpower to bend reality however you deem fit and ignore the rest.

It's scary how powerful it is.

 

[FAmbMkBhadarkumar]

WASHINGTON: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan has other options if US President Joe Biden continues to ignore the country’s leadership.


“The president of the United States hasn’t spoken to the prime minister of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in some cases, in some ways, in Afghanistan — we struggle to understand the signal, right?” Mr Yusuf told The Financial Times in an interview.


“We’ve been told every time that… [the phone call] will happen, it’s technical reasons or whatever. But frankly, people don’t believe it,” he said. “If a phone call is a concession, if a security relationship is a concession, Pakistan has options,” he added, refusing to elaborate.

Pakistan has other options, NSA Yusuf tells US

Objects to President Biden’s failure to call Prime Minister Khan.

www.dawn.com

Very amature and undiplomatic statement.
Not fit for any NSA of any country.
Its like a teenager when gets rejected by a girl.

 

[hunter_hunted]

You sir, have the superpower to bend reality however you deem fit and ignore the rest.

It's scary how powerful it is.

Nah saaar that title will remain will India, full saaport saar to you, After all you guys have Vedic Technology

 

[Maula Jatt]

Honestly this "phone call" is getting more attention than it needs to

US needs Pak, I don't think we really need em all that much

Sure it's good but it doesn't make a big difference

 

[ARMalik]

Come on fellows, it is coming from DAWN, the newspaper with its a.ss in its own mouth.

 

[Krptonite]

Nah saaar that title will remain will India, full saaport saar to you, After all you guys have Vedic Technology

There's no doubt about the number of people possesing that same ability over this side of the fence, atleast there I can smack em!

This gentleman though, puts the billion of us together to shame.

 

[Goritoes]

Biden has a lot to do back home, America is leaving Afghanistan in a same way they left Afghanistan after Soviet Withdrawal.

 

[PradoTLC]

Very amature and undiplomatic statement.
Not fit for any NSA of any country.
Its like a teenager when gets rejected by a girl.

like India's NSA.. if one more Mumbai...we will do blah blah blah.. real mature.


what you didnt understand is Pakistan doesnt need USA, as US position is non defensible . Pakistan has already reached consensus with Russia, China, Turkey and Iran on the way foward...

Pakistan is just there to tell what we are going to do..... as there are no takers for US position.

 

[H!TchHiker]

...I mean have some self respect ...it seems begging for one phone call!!
Why do PMiK is so adamant on this ..does he needs any sort of validation ?
And what option he is talking about ?
US is till our first choice for equipment and largest export destination ...
this Hawaii firing like indians are so common on our side also now a days

 

[ghazi52]

Pakistan has 'options' if US continues to ignore its leadership: NSA Moeed Yusuf

• Says US President Biden has not spoken to the PM of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in Afghanistan's situation
• US official clarifies Biden will speak to Imran Khan when the time is right

BR Web Desk
04 Aug 2021

National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that if the United States President Joe Biden continues to ignore Pakistan's leadership, the country has other options.

In an interview to Financial Times at the Pakistan embassy in Washington, Moeed said: “The president of the United States hasn’t spoken to the prime minister of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in some cases, in some ways, in Afghanistan — we struggle to understand the signal, right?”

He added, “We’ve been told every time that . . . [the phone call] will happen, it’s technical reasons or whatever. But frankly, people don’t believe it.”

“If a phone call is a concession, if a security relationship is a concession, Pakistan has options,” he remarked.
"There is no question of a civil-military disconnect in Pakistan. Let me be categorical: if the Prime Minister had not instructed me and the delegation to be here, we wouldn't have been here,” said Yusuf.

Meanwhile, a senior US official in the Biden administration clarified that there are still many world leaders President Biden has not been able to speak with personally yet. "He looks forward to speaking with Prime Minister Khan when the time is right,” he said.

Yusuf is currently in Washington to discuss the Afghan conflict amid US troop's withdrawal from Afghanistan. On July 27, the NSA left for an official visit to the United States.

Moeed's visit is part of high-level bilateral engagements between the two countries, which he and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan agreed on in their last meeting in Geneva on May 24 this year.

Earlier, Yusuf met with Sullivan in Washington and discussed matters related to bilateral relations and regional issues. Both the NSAs agreed to keep the momentum in Pak-US ties. On the occasion, Sullivan underlined the importance of immediate steps to defuse tensions in Afghanistan.

On August 3, US Senator Christopher J Van Hollen appreciated Pakistan's role in Afghan peace process, saying that Pakistan has played an important role in the safe withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan.

In an exclusive talk aired on PTV World, Hollen said there was a lot of uncertainty after the US forces announced withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, and it is neither in Pakistan nor in the US interest to see chaos and anarchy in the conflict-hit country.

He said that Pakistan has already played an important part in bringing Taliban to the negotiating table and its role in the future will influence the Biden administration to engage with Pakistan. He said the future of Pak-US relations would primarily rely on the role that Pakistan opts to play in Afghanistan.

 

[xyxmt]

US establishment does not trust the mental state of Joe Biden specially when talking to a leader like Imran. They insist Sleepy joe will talk to Nawaz sherif instead (with or without perchi)

 

[GumNaam]

Moeed Yusuf says Pakistan has other options.
u.s. hears the united states has no other option.

 

[HaMoTZeMaS]

i think something else might have happen in backgrounds that made NSA to overreact and this nonsense come out of his mouth which he himself might easily handle

what happens in close doors are apparent in other forms at other times