‘Will elevate concern frequently with Pakistan, requested Pak to extend effort to disband terror teams’: What US stated about joint assertion of PM Modi and Pres Biden

United States stated it has been constantly calling on Pakistan to extend efforts to completely disband all terrorist teams just like the LeT, JuD and their varied entrance organisations and said that Washington stays dedicated to working with Islamabad to deal with the shared menace posed by terrorist teams all through the area. 

“We remain committed to working with Pakistan to address the shared threat posed by terrorist groups throughout the region…At the same time, we have also been consistent on the importance of Pakistan continuing to take steps to permanently disband all terrorist groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed, and their various front organisations,” US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller stated on Monday throughout a departmental press briefing.

Miller was responding to a question on the joint assertion of India-US throughout Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s current US go to and which referred to as on Islamabad to make sure its territory was not used as a base for terrorist assaults. 

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“Moreover, we commend both Pakistan and India for continuing to uphold the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). And, we will raise the issue regularly with Pakistan and will continue to work together to counter mutual terrorist threats,” the US Department of State spokesperson stated. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s international ministry on Monday summoned the United States Deputy Chief of Mission and handed a demarche to him over the joint Modi-Biden assertion. 

“The US Deputy Chief of Mission was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this evening and a demarche was made to him regarding the US-India Joint Statement, issued on 22 June 2023,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan stated in a press launch on Monday. 

“Pakistan’s concerns and disappointment at the unwarranted, one-sided and misleading references to it in the Joint Statement were conveyed to the US side. It was stressed that the United States should refrain from issuing statements that may be construed as an encouragement of India’s baseless and politically motivated narrative against Pakistan,” the discharge learn. 

In their joint assertion on June 23, India and US strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, and using terrorist proxies and referred to as on Pakistan to take rapid motion to make sure that no territory beneath its management is used for launching terrorist assaults. 

The joint US-India assertion stated: “They (Biden and Modi) strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, the use of terrorist proxies and called on Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for launching terrorist attacks.” 

Biden and Prime Minister Modi reiterated the decision for concerted motion towards all UN-listed terrorist teams together with Al-Qaida, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and Hizb-ul-Mujhahideen. 

Both nations stood collectively to counter world terrorism and unequivocally condemn terrorism and violent extremism in all its types and manifestations. They referred to as for the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot assaults to be dropped at justice, learn the assertion. 

Relations between India and Pakistan have been precarious for a few years with regard to cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. 

Earlier, PM Modi had highlighted the necessity to combat terrorism and extremism that constitutes an actual menace to democracy, the rule of legislation and the enjoyment of human rights. 

PM Modi’s remarks got here simply days after China rejected UN resolutions that might have designated Sajid Mir of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has its base in Pakistan, as a “global terrorist.” 

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