The top diplomats from China and Pakistan took swipes at President Trump’s newly unveiled Afghanistan policy on Friday as they called f…
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The top diplomats from China and Pakistan took swipes at President Trump’s newly unveiled Afghanistan policy on Friday as they called for new talks with the Taliban to resolve the 16-year conflict.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing stood firmly behind its “ironclad friend” Pakistan, even though “some countries” did not give Islamabad the credit it deserved in fighting terrorism, a pointed reference to the U. S.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif’s first trip abroad to Beijing this week appeared to highlight how ties between the two all-weather allies have grown even closer while Pakistan’s crucial relationship with the U. S. is disintegrating amid mutual recriminations and distrust.
Wang and Asif announced that China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold a new series of three-way talks later this year in China to push forward settlement negotiations with the Taliban while the U. S. doubles down on its military campaign.
Trump infuriated Pakistan last month when he accused Islamabad of providing extremists a haven and threatened to withhold military aid.
