Biden wants immediate solution to Kashmir issue: US State Department

ISLAMABAD, Feb 07 (DNA): The US State Department official Zed Tarar has
said President Joe Biden wants an immediate solution to Kashmir issue.

In an interview, he said that President Joe Biden has made it clear that
human rights are a fundamental issue for the United States.

He also said that the US understands that Kashmir is a human rights
issue and Washington wants that mobile service and 4G should be restored
in Kashmir immediately.

Zed Tarar is a Deputy Director of the London Media Hub where he handles
media engagement through South Asia.

The US understands that Kashmir is a human rights issue and the US wants
the Kashmir issue to be resolved immediately, mobile service and 4G
should be restored in Kashmir immediately, he added.

He said that the new US President has announced that the superpower has
returned to the world. The new US president wants all the problems in
the world to be solved together.

Spokesman said that the current problem is to control the coronavirus
and find a solution to climate change. The current US administration
differs in many aspects from the previous administration.

Earlier, talking to a British news agency US State Department spokesman
had said that Pakistan-US bilateral relations are not only viewed from
the angle of China, our other priority is peace and stability in
Afghanistan which is not possible without Pakistan.

These views were expressed by US State Department spokesman Zed Tarar
while talking to a British news agency. During the interview, they also
discussed Pak-US relations, CPEC and other important issues.

Zed Tarar serves as Deputy Director of the London Media Hub where he
manages the Department’s media engagement throughout South Asia.

Asked about CPEC, Zed Tarar said, “Our position on the Pak-China
Economic Corridor is clear. We do not want any of the partners to come
under the burden of debt.”

Replying to a question, he said that Pakistan-US relations are a
historic matter and we have many opportunities to strengthen bilateral
relations. Secretary Blinken told Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
that he hoped to strengthen ties, especially in the trade sector.

Asked if the new Biden administration would do the same like former
President Trump offered to mediate on Kashmir, he said the Biden
administration is very different from the Trump administration.

Problems at the global level are resolved through dialogue and diplomacy
and we believe that direct dialogue between Pakistan and India can lead
to the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

In response to another question, he said that looking at US foreign
policy, “I do not think that there is any such competition between
Pakistan and India. I am handling the same file myself and I have been a
diplomat in the Foreign Office for 11 years and I have never had any
doubt that Pakistan s relations with the United States are different
from the rest of the world.”

Replying to a question on Pakistan s relations with the United States
and China, he said that the impression that bilateral relations between
Pakistan and the United States would be viewed only from China s point
of view was not correct. Another of our priorities is peace and
stability in Afghanistan and it is not possible to establish peace and
stability in Afghanistan without Pakistan.

Asked about the peace process with the Taliban in Afghanistan, whether
the new Biden administration is reviewing the Doha Accord with the
Taliban, he said that the whole process is currently being reviewed and
especially we are seeing to it that what the Taliban have promised is
true and whether the Taliban are taking every step to ensure their
promises. This review is ongoing, but there is no word yet on where it
could go. DNA

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