- March 18, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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Despite a recent upsurge in militancy in the nation, US Ambassador Donald Blome reminded President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday that the US remained committed to supporting Pakistan in the war against terrorism. Following the proscribed militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s termination of its ceasefire with the government in November 2022, there has been a surge in terror activities in Pakistan during the past year, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The two met today to talk about a wide range of topics crucial to their bilateral relationship, such as US support for ongoing economic reforms, human rights, and regional security, according to a statement from Acting US Mission Spokesperson Thomas Montgomery. The statement went on to say that the US envoy expressed his sympathies to the families of the seven Pakistani troops killed in Saturday’s terrorist attack at a security post in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
Blome further emphasized the significance of the two nations’ common interests and the numerous chances to further our objectives, such as through high-level discussions and the Green Alliance framework. Zardari emphasized that Pakistan had benefited from a long-standing and broad-based relationship with the USA spanning over seven decades, which needed to be further enhanced, according to a statement from the President’s Secretariat Press Wing after the meeting. In addition to examining cooperative prospects in a variety of fields, the president emphasized the necessity of improving trade and investment relations with the US.
According to him, American businesses ought to be urged to provide creative business concepts and investments to the Pakistan Stock Exchange to boost the nation’s economy. Setting the economy back on track and overcoming obstacles related to security and the economy were Zardari’s primary priorities. He emphasized that Pakistan was one of the nations most at risk from the negative effects of climate change and that it was a worldwide concern.
He stated that Pakistan aimed to enhance its agricultural industry by implementing contemporary irrigation methods to preserve water and lessen dependence on flood irrigation. Blome stated that commerce and investment, agriculture, security, renewable energy, and climate change may all be areas of further bilateral cooperation between the US and Pakistan. To bolster Pakistan’s education sector, he told President Zardari that the United States had finished the Sindh Basic Education Programme, which involved constructing schools that are climate resilient. He also wished the president well on his second inauguration.