US envoy summoned to explain Trump's tirade
David Hale was summoned after Donald Trump stated "no more" over US aid to Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday, a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump lashed out at Islamabad with threats to cut aid over "lies" about militancy.
Ambassador David Hale was asked to go to the foreign office in the Pakistani capital on Monday night, after Islamabad responded angrily to the US President’s allegations that it provided safe havens for militants in the latest spat to rock their alliance.
A US embassy spokesman confirmed Hale met officials, but added: "We don’t have any comment on the substance of the meeting
Know more: Trump says no more aid to Pakistan
In his tweet on the first day of new year, Trump stated: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools.”
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He further wrote in a message on Twitter: “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!”
Foreign minister Khawaja Asif stated in a response that Pakistan would soon tell US the difference between facts and fiction and that the world would come to know the truth.
