‘We don’t see ourselves building our broad relationship with Pakistan’: US Deputy Secretary of State

United States (US) Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, while speaking at an event in Mumbai, said, “We (the US) don’t see ourselves building our broad relationship with Pakistan and we have no interest in returning to the days of a hyphenated India, Pakistan. That’s not where we are, that’s not where we are going to be,” reports The Print.

“But we all need to know what’s going on in Afghanistan. We all need to be of one mind in the approach to the Taliban. We all need to make sure that we have the capabilities that we need to ensure everybody’s security, including India’s, of course. So I am going to have some very specific conversations, continuing conversations that Secretary (Antony) Blinken has had (with Pakistan),” she added.

Wendy Sherman is in Pakistan to meet officials during her October 7-8 visit.

Sherman said that her trip to Islamabad is only for a “specific and narrow purpose”.

Taking to Twitter, Sherman wrote, “I met yesterday evening with Pakistani National Security Advisor, Moeed Yusuf to discuss Afghanistan and areas of cooperation in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.”

I met yesterday evening with Pakistani National Security Advisor @YusufMoeed to discuss Afghanistan and areas of cooperation in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. #USPak

— Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell (@DeputySecState) October 8, 2021

Ahead of her visit to Pakistan, Sherman told reporters, “We seek a strong partnership with Pakistan on counterterrorism and we expect sustained action against all militant and terrorist groups without distinction.”

“Both of our countries have suffered terribly from the scourge of terrorism and we look forward to cooperative efforts to eliminate all regional and global terrorist threats,” she said.