Pak May ‘Discontinue’ Talks If US Says ‘Do More’ to Combat Terror

Pakistan may immediately discontinue talks with US officials visiting the country this month if US insists that they “do more against terror.”

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Pakistan may immediately discontinue talks with US officials visiting the country this month if US insists that they "do more against terror," reported Pakistan’s The Express Tribune, citing a "well placed source."

According to the Times of India, the source said to The Express Tribune that Pakistan "won't accept" any pressure to compromise on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) either.

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, and acting assistant secretary of state Alice Wells, are slated to visit Islamabad this month for talks on the US’ new Afghan policy.

According to TOI, "If the US foreign secretary demands for more action from Islamabad, then there will be only one answer from the government – “No more do more", the source said to The Express Tribune newspaper.

The US is aware that Pakistan may discontinue talks, The Tribune said in its report, adding that Pakistan's foreign minister recently conveyed to the US that its new Afghan policy is "not acceptable" to Pakistan, reported TOI.

The Express Tribune report said that Islamabad will make its stance clear to the US and will let US know that "Pakistan has already offered countless sacrifices for elimination of terrorism."

"Work on the CPEC project will continue come what may. Pakistan's priority is not the US, but China, because Pakistan's economic future is associated with the CPEC," the source said to the Tribune.