Moeed Yousaf, Pakistan's national security adviser, has complained that despite President Biden's importance to Pakistan in the region, he has not yet spoken to Prime Minister Imran Khan by telephone.
Moeed Yousaf's statement is once again being debated in Pakistan's diplomatic and political circles as to whether Biden is not talking to Imran Khan for some reason despite Pakistan's importance in the context of Afghanistan or because of his other engagements. Could not be
"We are trying to understand why the president of the United States has not yet spoken to the prime minister of a major country about which he himself has spoken," Yousef said in an interview with the Financial Times. The United States says its role in Afghanistan is crucial.
According to the Financial Times, this cold seal on the part of the United States has come at a time when the Taliban have taken advantage of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and occupied many parts of Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, on the other hand, has accused Pakistan of supporting the Taliban for its strategic interests in the region, while Washington has backed Pakistan to bring the Taliban's top leadership to the negotiating table and reach an agreement on evacuation. Had taken
But despite statements by Pakistan's Prime Minister Khan to expand US-Pakistan relations beyond Afghanistan, Biden has not yet called Imran Khan since he took over as US president.
Moeed Yousaf said that if the United States wants to make president Biden's phone call conditional on a concession from Pakistan, then Pakistan also has options. However, Moeed Yousuf did not elaborate on these options.
Analysts say these options could be a statement of further expansion of Pakistan's relationship with China or a different stance from the US position on other issues in the region.
On the other hand, the Financial Times quoted a senior Biden administration official as saying that there are many world leaders with whom President Biden has not been able to speak and that he will speak to Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan at an appropriate time.
It may be recalled that the United States declared Pakistan as its non-NATO ally in 2004 because it needed help against the Taliban in Afghanistan. But the United States has repeatedly accused Pakistan of supporting the Taliban, but Pakistan has denied the allegations.
During the ups and downs in US-Pakistan relations, on the one hand, the administration of former President Donald Trump not only suspended Pakistan's security assistance, but also accused Pakistan of lying and cheating. On the other hand, after concluding a peace agreement with the Taliban with the cooperation of Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan was also invited to the White House.
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