Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said Pakistan does not believe in camp politics and seeks to expand and broaden its relations with both China and the United States.
“Pakistan does not believe in camp politics and its bilateral partnership with friends is not at expense of relations with other countries,” the COAS while addressing the Islamabad Security Dialogue here on Saturday, said and maintained Pakistan wanted to broaden relations with both China and the United States without impacting ties with the other.
Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the two-day Islamabad Dialogue under the theme ‘Comprehensive Security and Imagining International Cooperation’ on Friday. The event hosted 17 speakers from China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan and other countries. General Bajwa said that Pakistan enjoys close and strategic cooperation with China demonstrated by the two countries’ commitment to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. He said Pakistan equally shares a long history of excellent and strategic relationship with the US which remains our largest export market. “We want to broaden relations with both China and the United States without impacting ties with the other,” the COAS categorically maintained. Similarly, he said that European Union, United Kingdom, Gulf, South East Asia, and Japan were also vital for Pakistan’s national development.
He pointed out that Pakistan was also deeply concerned over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have defence relations with Ukraine and after a cold period of relations with Russia, there have been some positive developments. Recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia is unfortunate as thousands of people have been killed and half of Ukraine is destroyed,” he said.
