US should accept defeat in Afghanistan: Foreign minister Khawaja Asif tells Pak Senate
Pak foreign minister Khawaja attacks US
Foreign minister Khawaja Asif told the Senate that Pakistan's relations with the US should be based on self-respect and dignity
Just two days after US secretary of state Rex Tillerson visited Pakistan, in a briefing to the Pakistan Senate foreign minister Khawaja Asif said that theUS is not ready to accept defeat in Afghanistan, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported.
Addressing the Pakistan Senate, Asif said: "Their failures over the past 16 years in Afghanistan is before them," the Dawn report said.
During his visit to Pakistan, US secretary of state Tillerson had reminded the Pakistan government to crack down on terrorist safe havens in the country, continuing with the Washington line laid down by President Trump on August 21 when he said Pakistan offered safe havens to "agents of chaos".
"There will only be room for improvement if Washington accepts their defeat, their failures in Afghanistan," the Dawn quoted the minister as saying, adding that, "They(US) are not ready to accept this."
The Senate is Pakistan's Upper House, the members are elected from the provincial assemblies including the National Assembly and the Federal Administered Tribal Areas(FATA).
The members have a fixed six-year term with half of its members retiring after every three years. PPP leader Raza Rabbani is the current chairman of the Pakistan Senate.
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"At no point during the talks did we adopt an accusatory tone, nor were we apologetic," the minister told the Pakistan Senate, the Dawn said.
"We will not compromise on our sovereignty, our dignity. Our relations with the US should be based on self respect and dignity," the foreign minister told the Pakistan Senate.
Asif also told the Senate that Pakistan is not a superpower but it had gained "unmatched success" in the war against terror.
The foreign minister informed the Senate that Pakistan authorities no longer have an influence on the Taliban, which was conveyed to Tillerson's team in a"frank" manner.
"We have told them that there are a number of influential players in the region - including China, Turkey and Russia - who might not have good relations with America but hold a stake in the Afghan dispute," the minister told the Senate on Pakistan's view on Afghanistan, the Dawn said.