INP
\nISLAMABAD
\nFederal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the current financial and overall situation of the country demands us all to look into our deeds and ponder what led to the prevailing circumstances.
\nAddressing a session of the Senate here on Wednesday, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that it was being questioned that what the conditions were settled with Saudi Arabia in return of its cooperation. No conditions have been settled with Saudi Arabi and the financial assistance will be totally unconditional, he stated.
\nHe said that there were some misunderstandings about relations with Saudi Arabia and we tried to dissuade any such misconceptions
\nThe Foreign Minister said that the government made progress on a four-point agenda, which was presented during a visit to China, adding that positive results emerged out of the Pak-China bilateral meetings.
\n\u201cThere is no reason for us to be a part of contention with Yemen,\u201d he said adding that no such thing has happened which can potentially hurt Pakistan.
\nShah Mehmood Qureshi said that the relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were not cordial enough and the recent meetings were an effort to improve relations.
\n\u201cSaudi Arabia helped us a great deal by giving unconditional support,\u201d he said.
\nFM Qureshi said that there will be multilateral meetings of Pakistan with China and Afghanistan in December.
\nHe said that there is a proxy war going on and whatever is going on in Yemen and Syria can be seen.
\n\u201cWhat should be Pakistan\u2019s role in this war?\u201d he said, adding that at one side Pakistan has relations with Saudi Arabia while at the other Iran is a neighbouring country.
\nDue to Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline, Pakistan is always under scrutiny, said the minister.
\nFM Qureshi said that on the issue of foreign policy there should be national consensus and it will be what the parliament decides upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the current financial and overall situation of the country demands us all to look into our deeds and ponder what led to the prevailing circumstances. Addressing a session of the Senate here on Wednesday, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that it was being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n