France makes it clear that it dumped Pakistan the very second Imran Khan spoke towards Macron

When France was rocked with Islamist terror assault over a cartoon on Prophet Muhammad, the Macron authorities determined to behave robust on Islamic radicals one thing which didn’t go down properly with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Instead of standing in solidarity with France, Khan went on a tirade towards Macron and France to be able to placate the novel Islamists hustling and bustling in Pakistan. Since then, the bilateral relations between the nations have nosedived with Marcon’s high diplomatic advisor claiming that France’s relationship with Pakistan is at a ‘historic low’.In what might be learn as one more feather within the cap of Pakistan PM Imran Khan, the bilateral relations between France and Pakistan have reached a degree of no return — one thing which is totally of Khan’s making.French President Emmanuel Macron’s high diplomatic advisor, Emmanuel Bonne within the backdrop of the feedback made by Pakistan’s management towards France mentioned, “During this crisis, after the campaign against us, our relations with Pakistan probably are at a historic low. This is not exactly what we want, we assume it because our priorities and language are clear.”Khan’s determination to instantly hit out at Macron didn’t go down properly in France and the truth that widespread anti-France protests which broke out in Pakistan over France’s crackdown on radical Islamists additional exacerbated the state of affairs. Apart from the calls of boycotting French merchandise, a sure part of Pakistani lawmakers additionally referred to as for recalling nation’s envoy to France.At such a time, India stood like a rock behind France with PM Modi publicly lending his assist to France and Macron. In truth, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a press release India the place it deplored the “personal attacks in unacceptable language”which was”in violation of probably the most fundamental requirements of worldwide discourse”.“We very much appreciate the support we got not only from your authorities but also from Indian civil society, when our country was under attack by some leaders in Turkey and Pakistan and in other countries,” mentioned Boone whereas talking at Vivekananda Foundation.He added, that Turkey and Pakistan had been making an attempt to “create distance between us and the Muslim world and this was certainly not what we were doing, certainly what we don’t want, this is for the simple reason that we have a long history with the Muslim world. We have affinities with countries in the Muslim world. It was critical for us to able to say, India is reverse in this, which means you are countering disinformation, fighting terrorism.”Pakistan’s zeal for radical Islamists and the sheer incompetence of Imran Khan has ensured that its relations with France have hit all-time low.