‘Gross interference’: Ashraf Ghani’s ‘irresponsible’ tweet rejected, says Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday rejected a recent tweet by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani about Pakistan and urged Afghanistan to focus on its own issues.

Terming Ghani’s statement as “irresponsible”, Qureshi called it a “gross interference” in the internal affairs of Pakistan.

He further said the Afghan leadership needs to focus on "long-standing serious grievances of the Afghan people". 

“We reject the tweet by President Ashraf Ghani. Such irresponsible statements are only gross interference. Afghan leadership needs to focus on long-standing serious grievances of the Afghan people,” the foreign minister posted on Twitter.