US now reiterating PM Imran and my stance: FM Qureshi

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf came into power the ties with the US were strained, but now it is reiterating the stance of Prime Minister Imran Khan and him.

The FM was speaking to media in Multan where he said that the Afghan Taliban should resort to peaceful ways and Pakistan wants to assist all the parties in Afghan peace process.

On the issue of economy, he said that Pakistan always had financially challenging times and to blame it on the three-month-old government is unfair.

Qureshi said that the entire nation is united on the issue of Kashmir and it was presented before the United Nations as well, adding that the next year a function will be held in London to discuss the Kashmir issue.

It emerged last week that US President Donald Trump had written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan’s assistance in the Afghan peace process.

Prime Minister Imran, in a meeting with TV anchors and reporters in the federal capital, informed that he received a letter from the US president earlier today. In the letter, Trump had asked Pakistan to play its role in Afghan peace talks which were aimed at catalysing an end to the 17-year invasion of Afghanistan by US troops.

The prime minister said Trump had sought Pakistan’s assistance in bringing the Taliban leadership to the negotiating table.