Trump looking forward to meet PM Imran Khan 'soon'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he wants a good relationship with Pakistan.
WASHINGTON (Dunya News) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed his willingness to meet his counterpart leader in Pakistan, the Prime Minister Imran Khan by saying "We want to have a great relationship with Pakistan."
However, he also accused Islamabad of "housing the enemy and taking care of him".
Reportedly, his remarks came when he was addressing a meeting with the cabinet members.
"When we give money to Pakistan, $1.3 billion, I ended that. A lot of people don t know it, because they haven t been fair to us," Trump said.
Furthermore, the US President underscored that his administration has initiated peace talks with the Taliban.
In this regard, he announced that a meeting with the new leadership of Pakistan will take place "very soon".
Earlier, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, who is considered close to President Trump, told CNN in an interview that if Pakistan helped the US in bringing the Taliban to the table for negotiations, then the US would focus on counterterrorism and the IS.
The Republican Senator wants the US to offer Pakistan a free trade agreement as an incentive for Islamabad to push the Taliban to the peace table to end the Afghan war.
Just a month ago, Trump had written a letter to Khan, seeking Pakistan s help with stuttering Afghan peace talks and support in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in the neighbouring country.
