WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (APP): : The United States recognizes that the Pakistani people still fall victim to terrorist violence coming from across the Pak-Afghan border, senior White House official John Kirby has said, reiterating Washington’s commitment to working with Pakistan to address those threats.
But he clarified at a press conference on Tuesday that Pakistan was never a technical ally of the United States and that “there was no treaty of alliance” with the South Asian country.
Admiral Kirby, who is White House National Security Communications Advisor, was responding to a question about the efforts of the outgoing Biden administration to revitalize the “alliance with their long-term ally Pakistan”,
Kirby added, “But certainly, over many, many years in the last couple of decades, we partnered with Pakistan as appropriate to deal with the terrorist threat that still exists on that spine between Afghanistan and Pakistan. And we recognize that Pakistan is still – still the Pakistani people fall victim to terrorist violence coming from across that border.
“We recognize that. And we have and for as long as we’ll be in office here remain committed to working with Pakistan to address those common threats and challenges. And that’s not – that hasn’t changed. It’s not going to change.”