Pakistan on Monday warned that the draft bill by the U.S. Congress proposing conditionalities on the continuation of assistance to Pakistan will undermine the U.S. interests and harm Pakistan.
If the bill is adopted by the U.S. Senate, it will not only be harmful for Pakistan, but also undermine the U.S. interests, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said at a weekly briefing.
Aslam said some U.S. officials and analysts also believed these sanctions were counter-productive.
She rejected the impression that the adoption of the U.S. draft bill was an outcome of Pakistan's weak foreign policy, and said diplomacy works in the situation of reality, with a combination of maintaining principles and national interests.
Aslam said diplomacy was an ongoing process and Pakistan would continue to engage with the U.S. administration as well as Congress members on building ties.
She said there might be some areas between Pakistan and the United States for which they did not feel happy, however, both countries wanted a durable and multi-faceted relationship.
On the second round of Pak-U.S. strategic dialogue, the spokeswoman said it would take place in the last quarter of the year.
The U.S. Congress has recently adopted a draft bill based on recommendations by the 9/11 Commission, which also seeks conditionalities on U.S. security assistance to Pakistan primarily aimed at capacity building on counter-terrorism.
Source: Xinhua
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