ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the US had not been an all-weather friend to Pakistan like China’s relations with the South Asian country.
In an interview with Dr. Eric Li, the director of the advisory committee of the China Institute of Fudan University, the premier said: “United States has also been a good friend to Pakistan but it hasn’t been a sort of, like with China, an all-weather friend”.
“There have been times where the US has been very friendly but then when you know, they think Pakistan is not of use to them, then we get abandoned, and then they again sort of become friendly,” he added.
Talking about constraint relations between China and the US, PM Imran Khan said that the top two economies of the world are at odds over various issues, adding that the world cannot afford any cold war.
“If it [US-China rivalry] goes into a Cold War type of situation, like we witnessed after the second world war … I think the world does not want a second Cold War,” Khan said, referring historic tension between the US and then Soviet Union and their respective allies.
Shedding light on relations with India, the premier highlighted that Kashmir is the only issue between the two neighbouring countries.
“When my government came into power [in 2018], my first priority was to normalize relations with India,” the PM said. “And we have only one issue with India and that is Kashmir, where India is denying the people of Kashmir the right of self-determination which was guaranteed by the UNSC resolutions,” he added.
