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Summary FM Hina Khar has said Pakistan is not a blocker of international efforts for peace in Afghanistan.
This is the question for Pakistan - what message do we want to give the world? Are we an enabler, a facilitator, a responsible country on the road that leads to Afghan stability, or do we want to give the message that we are a blocker, a disabler, to the international efforts towards peace and stability, The Express Tribune quoted Khar, as saying.We want to give a very strong message that the Afghan peoples future is important to us, that we would like to enable peace and stability in Afghanistan to the best of our abilities, and we have been doing that at great cost to Pakistan, she added.Pakistan had blocked the supply routes to Afghanistan after a deadly U.S. air raid along the Afghanistan border killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November last year.Khar said the NATO partners attach a great deal of importance to the supply routes and they will, because it makes a difference to them. Thats why we have said this in Pakistan as well, the narrative needs to go into a positive zone (in Pakistan), that the issue of NATO supply routes is not about U.S.-Pakistan relations, it affects relations with 50 odd countries that are part of NATO and are partners.Commenting on relations between the U.S. and Pakistan, Khar said, We are engaging with them on all issues, nothing is off the table, so we have to move on each of the issues. We have started a useful engagement process, and want to achieve good results for good US-Pakistan bilateral relations, Pakistans relations with NATO countries and its relations with Afghanistan.
