Pakistan Rejects Obama’s Remarks on Terror, Instability

Pakistan rejects US President Obama’s comments about Pakistan’s unstable future at a breakfast meet with China.

Pakistan strongly reacted to US President Barack Obama’s remarks that the country could become a safe haven for terrorists and would continue to face instability for decades to come.

Obama had said that the foreign policy of USA must be focused on the threat from the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda, but it can’t stop there.

For even without IS, instability will continue for decades in many parts of the world – in the Middle East, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in parts of Central America, Africa and Asia... Some of these places may become safe havens for new terrorist networks; others will fall victim to ethnic conflict, or famine, feeding the next wave of refugees

Barack Obama, President, United States of America

Obama said this as a part of his last State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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Pakistani Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz rejected Obama’s comments in a breakfast meeting with Chinese scholars, diplomats and media persons on Friday.

Whatever the US president said about instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan are his predictions and have nothing to do with ground realities.

Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani Adviser on Foreign Affairs

He said Pakistan was committed to defeating militancy and had major successes in the fight to eliminate terrorism.

Pakistan is taking decisive action against terrorism and militancy and days to come will witness more stability here.

Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani Adviser on Foreign Affairs

Aziz said Afghanistan faced the issue of “instability” but Pakistan was making all out efforts to bring peace and stability in its neighbouring nation.

(With inputs from PTI.)