Lahore: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday hinted at repairing his country’s fragile relations with US, which are at the brink of rapture following the NATO raid inside Pakistan that killed over 24 Pakistan army soldiers.
Gilani told US new agency, The Associated Press, during an interview that his country wanted to repair its relation with US.
Gilani said new ties being negotiated with the U.S. would ensure that the two countries “respected each other’s red lines” regarding sovereignty and rules of engagement along the border.
“We really want to have good relations with the U.S. based on mutual respect and clearly defined parameters,” he said.
“I think that is doable. I think that it won’t take long. We are not anti-American, we are part of the system, we have to work with the entire international community.”
Gilani reiterated Pakistan’s pledge to remain committed to working with Afghanistan to bring insurgent leaders into talks with the government.
“I think we have evolved some mechanisms, and we are ready to cooperate,” Gilani said, referring to meetings with Afghanistan’s military and intelligence chiefs on a framework for talks. “We are committed (to reconciliation), despite that we are not attending” the conference on Afghanistan, he said.
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