WASHINGTON
\nThe United States has a deep security partnership with Pakistan including counterterrorism efforts and Pakistan\u2019s decision not to participate in the second Summit for Democracy, hosted by President Jeo Biden, does not change US administration\u2019s willingness to continue to work with Islamabad on a \u201cbroad range of issues\u201d, said a State Department spokesperson.
\nAddressing a news briefing in Washington, State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel said the US was \u201ccertainly sorry that Pakistan chose not to participate\u201d in the three-day event that ended Thursday after discussing topics like strengthening democracy and defending against authoritarianism; addressing and fighting corruption; and promoting respect for human rights.
\nPatel said this certainly does not change our willingness to continue to work with Pakistan. The US and Pakistan worked together on a broad range of issues and \u201cwe continue to engage with them on issues surrounding democracy, human rights, including freedom of religion, belief, as well as there\u2019s an important security partnership.\u201d
\nAnswering a question regarding rise of Taliban attacks in Pakistan, Patel said there was a deep security partnership with Pakistan, including counterterrorism efforts. \u201cI saw those same reports of the recent attacks and would offer condolences to those who were impacted.\u201d
\nChina and Turkiye were excluded, but Taiwan was invited. When an Indian journalist drew attention to India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar\u2019s statement about not engaging with Pakistan on the plea that talks and terrorism do not go together, the spokesperson said he would let New Delhi add any additional commentary to his comments.
\n\u201cBut broadly,\u201d Patel said, \u201cwhat I would say is that the US values its important relationship with both our Indian partners and Pakistan as well, and these relationships stand on their own and are not a zero-sum proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON The United States has a deep security partnership with Pakistan including counterterrorism efforts and Pakistan\u2019s decision not to participate in the second Summit for Democracy, hosted by President Jeo Biden, does not change US administration\u2019s willingness to continue to work with Islamabad on a \u201cbroad range of issues\u201d, said a State Department spokesperson. Addressing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-323074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n