As per the latest reports, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the nation will presently not be favouring one side or playing “camp politics” and will be running after expanding exchange relations with nations to get itself out of destitution.
Pak PM Talks About Financial Dependence On US
Pakistan PM said in an interview said that the country was presently not in a situation to favor one side in clashes between two nations, adding that the Cold War assaulted the world previously.
Khan said Pakistan selected to join the US camp since it required cash, particularly after the inflow of millions of displaced people from Afghanistan, who had moved from the conflict torn nation and had set up camp in Pakistan.
Notwithstanding, khan demanded that Pakistan ought to have left the financial dependence on US.
“Be that as it may, the nation ought to have left the US camp following 10 years or so and sought after an autonomous arrangement. Dependence on unfamiliar aid is a revile,” he said.
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“Such aid prevents a country from advancing and creating and becoming confident. The dependence available outs prevents a country from becoming autonomous.”
Khan said it was a direct result of the financial dependence on the US that “Pakistan couldn’t lay out exchange relations with the Central Asian states in light of its nearness to the US and theirs to Soviet Union”.
“This time, Pakistan won’t join any camp,” Khan said, making plainly Pakistan won’t be taking any sides in the Russia-Ukraine struggle.
Khan Hopes For Russia-Ukraine To Resolve Issues Peacefully
This holds incredible significance on the grounds that the assertion comes when the Prime Minister is leaving a two-day visit to Russia, where he will meet with his partner Vladimir Putin and examining different issues including environmental change, Russia-Ukraine issues, Afghanistan emergency and respective relations among Islamabad and Moscow. Discussing the Pakistan-Russia financial relations, Khan said that the gas pipeline project with Russia endured in light of the fact that the organizations associated with the task had been authorized by the US.
“Observing a Russian organization that was not authorized by the US turned into an issue. Pakistan could likewise get gas from Iran yet it can’t since there was the US sanctions on the country,” he added.
Discussing the Russia-Ukraine emergency, Khan trusted that the emergency settle peacefully. “Assuming we read reports in the western media, there is an impending conflict among Russia and Ukraine on the cards. Also obviously, western nations take a very oppositional, I would even say unfriendly view to Russia,” he said.
Notwithstanding, Khan said that Islamabad isn’t worried about the Russia-Ukraine emergency and would like to extend its international skyline through reinforced two-sided relations with Russia.
