External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who visited America, questioned this decision. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in response to questions on this issue, it is related to maintenance for the long-standing F-16 with Pakistan.
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America has Pakistan Defending the decision to approve $450 million in financial assistance for the maintenance of a fleet of F-16 fighter jets, military equipment to ensure maintenance of the aircraft to enhance Islamabad’s ability to deal with apparent terrorist threats It is our responsibility to provide. Earlier this month, US President Joe Biden, overturning former President Donald Trump’s decision, approved $450 million in financial assistance to Pakistan to maintain a fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who visited America, questioned this decision. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in response to questions on this issue, it is related to maintenance for the long-standing F-16 with Pakistan. There is nothing new in this, but what is with it (Pakistan) is being maintained. It is our responsibility and obligation to maintain the military equipment that we provide. This is our responsibility.
America said – means necessary to deal with the threat of terrorism
In a joint press conference with Jaishankar, Blinken said, “There are clear threats of terrorism emanating from Pakistan and whether it is Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, whether it is IS or al-Qaeda, I think the threats are clear and it is sure.” It is in the interest of all of us that we have the means to deal with them. Blinken said a day after holding talks with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari that the US encourages its friends to resolve their differences through diplomacy and dialogue.
‘India and Pakistan are US partners in different ways’
Earlier on Monday, the Biden administration said that both India and Pakistan are partners of America in different ways. The Biden administration said this during a visit to America by Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s statement, in which he raised questions about the decision to provide the latest US F-16 security aid to Pakistan. Jaishankar had questioned America’s argument that the package given to Pakistan related to the maintenance of F-16 fighter jets is to fight terrorism.
Jaishankar had said that everyone knows where and against whom F-16 fighter jets are used. In response to a question during a conversation with Indian-Americans, he said, ‘You are not fooling anyone by saying these things.’
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in his daily press conference, “We do not look at our relations with Pakistan and India from the same perspective. Both are our partners in different ways. “We see the two as partners, as we share common values in many respects,” he said. We have common interests in many matters and our relationship with India is different. Our relations with Pakistan have their place.
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