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Islamabad: Pakistan and the United States have an opportunity to transform their longstanding relationship into a broad-based partnership extending beyond traditional security cooperation, said Sardar Masood Khan, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, China and the United Nations, and former President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Sardar Masood Khan said the forthcoming meeting between the Pakistani and US leadership on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly provides an important opportunity to review the evolving regional and international situation and strengthen bilateral ties.<\/p>\n
He said Pakistan\u2019s diplomatic engagement with Washington and Tehran during the ongoing US-Iran conflict has demonstrated its potential role in regional diplomacy and de-escalation, and that Pakistan has continued to pursue diplomatic avenues aimed at bringing the parties back to negotiations. He said the relationship between Pakistan and the United States has deep historical roots, including Pakistan\u2019s role in facilitating US-China rapprochement in 1971, cooperation during the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s and joint efforts against terrorism after 9\/11.<\/p>\n
However, he stressed that Pakistan had drawn an important lesson from these phases: a relationship centred primarily on security imperatives can create political and institutional gaps when strategic priorities change.<\/p>\n
Sardar Masood Khan said the two countries now have an opportunity to develop a multifaceted relationship capable of sustaining cooperation beyond periods of immediate strategic convergence. He noted that recent engagement has already expanded into counter-terrorism, economic cooperation, critical minerals, new technologies, agriculture, renewable energy and other areas, although implementation of agreed initiatives needs to be accelerated.<\/p>\n
He said Pakistan\u2019s strategic importance, geographical location and economic potential should encourage Washington to view the country as a potential hub for trade, energy, transportation and regional connectivity.<\/p>\n
Pakistan, he added, could become part of diversified supply and value chains across Eurasia. On regional security, he said Pakistan and the United States should continue working with regional countries to promote de-escalation and diplomatic solutions to conflicts in the Middle East. He also emphasised the importance of addressing the long-standing issue of Palestine through diplomatic mechanisms. He said terrorism remains a serious concern for Pakistan despite the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan, particularly because of militant groups operating from Afghan territory.<\/p>\n
Pakistan, he argued, requires effective international cooperation to address this continuing threat. Sardar Masood Khan also recalled that US President Donald Trump had expressed willingness to work with India and Pakistan toward resolving the Kashmir issue. He said Kashmir should once again receive sustained international diplomatic attention because of its implications for regional peace and stability. He concluded that Pakistan and the United States have successfully cooperated during several important periods in their history and that the present circumstances offer an opportunity to take the relationship to a stronger, broader and more sustainable level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: Pakistan and the United States have an opportunity to transform their longstanding relationship into a broad-based partnership extending beyond traditional security cooperation, said Sardar Masood Khan, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, China and the United Nations, and former President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Sardar Masood …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":211015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n