No compromise on national interest during US visit: PM Nawaz

The prime minister says the visit would help promote relations between the two countries


Web Desk October 19, 2015
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: AFP

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday there would be no compromise on the country’s national interests during the visit to the United States, Radio Pakistan reported.

While speaking to media in London, the premier said his visit to the US would help promote relations between the two countries.

Speaking about the rigging allegations levelled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Nawaz said all accusations were proved wrong by the judicial commission.

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About the ongoing military offensive in FATA, Operation Zarb-e-Azb, Nawaz said Pakistan had delivered unmatched sacrifices in the war on terror whose success is the reflection of country’s unyielding commitment against terrorism and extremism.

Pakistan is a responsible sovereign nuclear state whose strategic assets are secured, that is a deterrence against any kind of external aggression, added the prime minister.

COMMENTS (1)

Raj NYC | 8 years ago | Reply Funny, coming two days after having the killing of some rare birds drive your foreign relations! If the Prime Minister of a country, any country, has to utter such words before visiting a foreign nation, be prepared to be sold, and sold in a hurry, through some secret side agreement, during the upcoming trip. Although you might not learn about it for weeks, months or years. And not even to the highest bidder. The long-term, enduring nation interests of 180+ million will be blindly sold down the river. I say this as a neighbor who wished Pakistan, and its people, well.
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