Pakistan is key partner of US for resettlement of Afghans: State Dept
WASHINGTON (UNA): State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel while reacting to Pakistan’s decision to evict the illegal Afghan refugees from the country said that Pakistan has been an important stopover for the Afghan refugees who are fleeing Afghanistan.
Briefing the newsmen in Washington, Vedant Patel said: “Pakistan has been an important partner when it has come to the resettlement of Afghans who are fleeing and looking to resettle. They’ve been an important stopover in that process and we’ll just leave it at that.”
Replying to a question regarding Canada, India tension, Vedant Patel said: “US is deeply concerned about the allegations referenced by Prime Minister Trudeau, and we remain in regular contact with our Canadian partners. And it’s critical that Canada’s investigation proceed and the perpetrators be brought to justice.”
Earlier, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller while briefing the media in Washington said that the Pakistanis have suffered tremendously from terrorist attacks.
Matthew Miller said: “The Pakistanis have suffered tremendously from terrorist attacks. They deserve to practice their faith without fear. We of course offer condolences to families who lost loved ones and a speedy recovery to those who are injured.”
He said that we cooperate with Pakistan in a range of multilateral fora on issues including terrorist designations and global strategies to defeat terrorist groups.
“Earlier this year we held a high-level counterterrorism dialogue to discuss the shared terrorist threats facing our two countries and to work on strategies to cooperate in areas such as border security, terrorist financing – and we will continue to work with Pakistan to ensure that we can better assist Pakistan’s effort to counter all forms of violent extremism,” he said.
