Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he does not want a negotiated relationship with the United States.
On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while addressing the Margalla Dialogue Forum 2021 on the topic of future foreign policy in a changing geopolitical scenario, said that of course we are living in a time of uncertainty. The world system feels overwhelmed, chaotic and hesitant.
"The recent strategic confrontation between the world powers has added to the fragility of world peace and pushed it in a direction of diplomacy that is difficult to say definitively.""We value our longstanding relationship with the United States," he said. Looking to the future, we do not want a bargaining chip with the United States. "
"We want multilateral relations that are not affected by the tide of regional and global policies."
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, "In the light of Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision, the transition from geopolitics to geoeconomics requires a relationship with the United States that is in tune with our changed priorities."
"Increasing trade and investment relations with the United States and cooperating in connecting the region can be in our mutual interest."
"When we talk about the role of geoeconomics in future foreign policy, we must talk about China," he said, referring to China. Our relations with China are moving towards diversification and further strengthening.
"The economic and geographical integration of the three adjacent continents of Asia, Europe and Africa under the Belt and Road Initiative will open new doors of prosperity for the citizens of the world."
Referring to relations with India, the Foreign Minister said that "without talking about India, foreign policy issues are not complete."
"As soon as we came to power, our government made repeated unilateral efforts to open up dialogue, build trust and connect India," he said.
However, "our eastern neighbor chose to close all doors for any kind of dialogue."
Referring to Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, "The United Nations has warned that 60% of the 38 million people of Afghanistan are facing hunger, poverty and starvation."
"We are facing a very serious humanitarian crisis, the consequences of which must be felt not only by the people of Afghanistan, but also by our neighbors, the region and the world."
He said that Pakistan was hosting an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on December 19 to help provide food and medicine equally.
