Obama administration pressurises Pakistan to give MFN status to India
James Dobbins says Islamabad may take the decision after the elections in India.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Obama Administration has pressurized Pakistani government to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India as soon as possible.
Special US Representatives for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins told lawmakers that US has raised this issue with the government of Pakistan on several occasions and, indeed, with the government of India.
He added that it also came up while Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was in Washington during a visit a month ago.
“The Pakistanis have indicated their intention is to provide, is to grant MFN to India. The question is one of timing. We, of course, have urged it to be done as quickly as possible,” he said in response to a question at a hearing on Afghanistan by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“They did not say so, but I think they may be waiting until a new Indian government takes office, they probably want to do this in the part of a context of other improvements in the relationship,” he further said.
