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US-Pakistan resetting ties amid changing world order: Maleeha Lodhi
November 19, 2017
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (INP) Former US Assistant Secretary of State Robin Raphel has said that despite ups and downs in their relationship, the United States, as a global power, can not ignore Pakistan which she said was an influential Muslim country, an emerging democracy with a powerful military. Participating in a discussion at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a London-based international think tank, the US diplomat noted that Pakistan now feels more confident of itself because of its burgeoning relationship with China, and growing ties with Russia. Still, she said that Pakistan needs the United States. Raphel underscored the need for US and Pakistan to collaborate in an effort to promote a settlement to end the war in Afghanistan. As a diplomat, she regretted that the overall efforts to deal with the Afghan war were more focused on a military solution rather than through a diplomatic process. INP/AH
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