Nikki R Haley, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former governor of North Carolina, on Thursday, said her country will not tolerate Pakistan giving safe haven to terrorists. According to her, the US is approaching its relationship with Pakistan differently than in the past.
Issuing a stern warning to India’s neighbor, she said, “In many instances, Pakistan has been a partner with us, and we value and respect that. But we cannot tolerate its government, or any other government, giving safe haven to terrorists. We won’t tolerate it. We are communicating this message to Pakistan more strongly than in the past and we hope to see changes.”
The Ambassador said the United States and India have also felt the pain of terrorism. “We share a commitment to defeating terrorists and the hateful ideology that motivates them. We share an urgent interest in eliminating the terrorist networks that threaten us, and to keep nuclear weapons out of hands of terrorists and their sponsors. Both our nations lost citizens in the horrific Mumbai attack a decade ago. As fellow democracies, the United States and India must be global leaders in the fight against terrorism.”
Haley said US and India have expanded their counterterrorism cooperation in the past decade. “But we can and we must do more. We must use all of the elements of our national power – economic, diplomatic and military – to protect ourselves. This includes working together at the United Nations to designate terrorist leaders and networks. Neither of our nations can afford to turn a blind eye to the regimes that produce, harbor and support terrorists.”
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