Foreign Office rejects advice for dialogue with TTP
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch reiterates that Pakistan has no interest in engaging with terror groups
The Foreign Office of Pakistan has firmly rejected any offers or advice regarding dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to Radio Pakistan.
During her weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch reiterated that Pakistan has no interest in engaging with terror groups responsible for the deaths of civilians and security personnel.
She stated, “Such recommendations are an affront to the people who have lost their loved ones due to the activities of the TTP.”
Baloch highlighted that Afghan authorities hold the primary responsibility for taking action against terror groups, particularly the TTP, which operates from Afghanistan.
She noted that Pakistan has provided concrete evidence to the Afghan authorities regarding this issue.
The spokesperson also raised concerns about India’s extraterritorial and extrajudicial activities, urging the international community to call on India to refrain from such actions within Pakistan and globally.
In response to a question, Baloch affirmed that Chinese nationals are valued guests in Pakistan and make significant contributions to the country’s development.
She emphasized the government’s commitment to ensuring full security for Chinese nationals, projects, and institutions, a commitment communicated at the highest levels of Chinese leadership.
Reference Link:- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2506554/foreign-office-rejects-advice-for-dialogue-with-ttp
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
