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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday welcomed the formation of the 34-Nation alliance to counter terrorism but said Islamabad is awaiting further details in this regard to to decide the extent of its participation.
According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, Pakistan, while welcoming the formation of alliance by Saudi Arabia reminded the world that Pakistan has consistently supported all regional and international efforts to combat militancy, extremism and terrorism and, to this end, has extended its full support and cooperation to international community.
"It would be recalled that the Forty-Second Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Kuwait this year had reiterated its commitment to relevant UN and OIC resolutions on combating terrorism and extremism and called for joining regional and international efforts to fight terrorism and extremist thought." read the statement.
The statement further says that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy close, cordial, and brotherly relations. Both countries condemn terrorism and cooperate in the efforts to eliminate this menace.
According to a Dawn newspaper report, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said he was surprised to read the news that Saudi Arabia had named Pakistan as part of the alliance.
Pakistan not consulted before inclusion
Aizaz Chaudhry said he had asked the country’s ambassador in Riyadh to get a clarification from Saudi Arabia on the matter.
Another senior official also confirmed that Pakistan was not consulted before inclusion in the alliance.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Saudi government surprised many countries by announcing that it had forged a coalition for coordinating and supporting military operations against terrorism in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan. The headquarters of the new Saudi-led coalition would be based in Riyadh.
This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has named Pakistan as part of its military alliances without Islamabad’s knowledge and consent. The Saudis earlier named Pakistan as part of the coalition that carried out operations in Yemen and a Pakistani flag was displayed at the alliance’s media centre.
Pakistan later declined to join the Yemen war.
It is Pakistani government’s policy that it will not deploy its troops outside the country’s borders except for UN peacekeeping missions.
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Dec 16, 2015 07:31pm
Anyone can use our name without any consent?
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Dec 16, 2015 07:41pm
Pakistan should not be part of it now as a matter of self respect... no one should tell you what to do and announce it to the world with out even informing you...if someone uses my name in business without my consent I make sure that I dont do business with them again and also tell others that this guy is a cheater/fraud and to be aware of him
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Dec 16, 2015 07:44pm
Pakistan has to be careful not to fall into the unwanted geopolitical traps knowing that SA has been and is the linch-pin of extremism
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Dec 16, 2015 07:45pm
if pakistam will not go with this coalation.. it wil be left alone. we did not get any benefits of being american alies. all we go it pain n sufferings.
this coalation is powerful n we expect alot from it.
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Dec 16, 2015 07:51pm
Where is our self respect
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Dec 16, 2015 07:53pm
About time Pakistan as a state needs to do some tough talking with our so called bothers. This is the second time they have done this childish act. Dont they have any courtesy to actually ask the other party first. Apparently Indonesia has shown cold shoulder to any military involvement in this alliance, their name was also in the list of these 34 countries.
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Dec 16, 2015 07:54pm
@kamran
Don't agree. Saudis are not financially as powerful as they were about one year ago as OIL is about to touch USD20 to 30 Per barrel. They cannot spend money. They are issuing bonds to finance their budget. If Pakistan thinks it will get financial benefits, It is wrong. It will have to send troops against Hizbulla and ISIS at its own expenses.
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Dec 16, 2015 07:59pm
Pakistan need to continue to disengage from the Saudi's for the sake of a saner future.
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Dec 16, 2015 07:59pm
Good decision by Saudi Arabia. It is the sole responsibility of the Islamic countries to get rid of terrorism in any form from the Islamic world. This step should have been taken years ago.
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Dec 16, 2015 08:09pm
Pakistan must be a part of 34 nation alliance for the sake of peace in the region...
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Dec 16, 2015 08:13pm
It's not just Pakistan they didn't ask many nations I dont get it why
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Dec 16, 2015 08:17pm
Pakistan should join it but carefully.
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Dec 16, 2015 08:20pm
Western media reported the alliance as against Tehran and not against Terrorism , as the affected countries like Iran , Iran and Syria are not included in the alliance.
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Dec 16, 2015 08:20pm
Saudis need come back down to earth. They need us, more than we need them.
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Dec 16, 2015 08:46pm
Of course Pakistan is against all forms of terrorism. But it should insist, and it has the clout to do it, that Iran, Iraq, Syria and some others are INVITED to join.
This alliance should have zero implications of sectarianism.
This alliance should unite, not divide...
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Dec 16, 2015 08:49pm
This might be new technique to drag Pakistani Army in middle east war. Saudi Arabia should form only invite Arab countries. Will Saudi & 34 nations alliances fight with India and Israel to liberate Plastiene and Kashmir or Saudi is just looking to save their monarchy in future?
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Dec 16, 2015 08:51pm
Are we ready to risk our new relations with Russia and Iran for the sake of the extremist Saudis who disrespect us so much that they include us into their alliance without even bothering to seek our consent? When have the Saudis helped us on Kashmir?
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Dec 16, 2015 08:54pm
Pakistan should stay away from anything that has the potential to cause sectarian or ethnic divide...OIC is a good platform and must be strengthened....
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Dec 16, 2015 08:59pm
Gulf Arabs can not be trusted for anything. Current climate of extremism in Pakistan is due to Arabs running proxy war in Pakistan and were trying to divert there dirty wars and rivalries away from there region to Pakistan.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:03pm
SO an Islamic Alliance to fight ISIS (Daesh) but to exclude Iran, Iraq & Oman.....already doomed to fail I'm afraid.
Saudi Arabia is forming an alliance to protect it's interest only in the region.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:05pm
This is not a an Islamic allinace against terrorists, it cannot be without Iran, Iraq, Syria. This is a Saudi led force. Shameful and sad where Muslims have ended up today.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:14pm
Pakistan Armed Forces already have to much on their plates, we should have a neutral foreign policy that keep us out of any armed conflict that does not threaten our borders or internal security. Our Jawans are their to protect the State, not mercenaries for hire.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:15pm
Why Pakistanis should fight Arab war?? We have enough terrorists in Pakistan. Why Saudis didn't consent Pakistan?? This is insult to pakistan.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:18pm
No more "proxies' please...Pakistan must not be a part of this alliance...till the entrance of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Libya...!!
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Dec 16, 2015 09:18pm
Pakistan need watch carefully before joining any such alliance. We should not join just because Saudis want it.
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Dec 16, 2015 09:39pm
http://news.yahoo.com/confusion-clouds-saudi-arabias-coalition-against-militancy-113553750.html
Please refer to this article accusing Saudis of confusion and creating the coalition without the consents of countries, it further says that Saudis are more concern about Yemen then ISIS,
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Dec 16, 2015 09:40pm
@Nasir They are not fighting terrorism they want to save their own kingdom.
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Dec 16, 2015 10:57pm
Oman and Algeria refused to join, Pakistan and Palestine didn't know how they were included in this alliance without their confirmation.
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria the main players fighting terrorists on the ground were not asked to join.
Soon this alliance will start evaporating
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Dec 16, 2015 11:31pm
Pakistan should not lose Russia and Iran this time for for this so called Saudi's war against terrorism which was created and financed by them...very sad things going on in Muslim world and S.Arabia is a big responsible of this mess.
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Dec 17, 2015 12:03am
Please don't be part of this game of fraud. These people created all this problem. Now when Pakistan is barely becoming stable they want to destabilize it.
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Dec 17, 2015 12:30am
Turkey foreign ministry has also declared that they never agreed with Saudi Arabia on any military alliance.
Remember Turkey supports Muslim brotherhood in Egypt and MB were crashed and thrown by general SISI on Saudi demand and 15 Billion Dollar funding to Egypt.
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Dec 17, 2015 12:36am
@Abu Mohammed - I am pretty sure that inexperienced Saudi defence minister Mohammed Bin Salman has been taking hasty decisions from Yemen attack to 34 nation alliance to overcome internal opposition from Royal family.
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Dec 17, 2015 01:11am
@kamran ....One billion dollars a year was not enough from the US? Or didn't you get any of the money?
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Dec 17, 2015 01:19am
@Sammy Alinaeem .... What has Pakistan done for Saudi Arabia? Please explain.
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Dec 17, 2015 01:31am
If europe have NATO
then it is good to be part of 34 nation alliance against terrorism.They should name it ATITO(ANTI TERRORISM ISLAMIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)
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Dec 17, 2015 02:01am
@Abu Mohammed ... ... The alliance between Turkey and Egypt is much more than just a military alliance. It is an economic relationship. Turkey would not risk backing the Egyptian brotherhood. The Turkish army certainly does not. The rest is politics. Turkey has four growing seasons per year. They have fed the Middle East since Atilla the Hun attacked Rome and the Persians attacked China.
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Dec 17, 2015 02:02am
Pakistan should agree to this if:
the 34 nation bloc will be buying Pakistani-made defense gear exclusively.
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Dec 17, 2015 02:04am
@Ahmed Haneef ..... What makes them royal? They are royal by a decree after World War I.
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Dec 17, 2015 02:49am
Pakistan should refrain from jumping into Arab war and should behave as dignified and responsible nation instead of mercenaries.
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Dec 17, 2015 06:36am
We have our hands full. These countries never helped Pakistan and infact often were the cause and indirect supporters of these crazy militants that we have been fighting. While I agree that ISIL/Daesh needs to be destroyed and hunted down for what they have done to the region we also need to identify and destroy their supporters in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Staets. In saying that, we should respectably decline being part of this coalition we dont want to stretch our forces to thin. Thanks but NO THANKS!
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Dec 17, 2015 07:10am
Joining the so called alliance will require troops to be deployed. At the time
when our brave soldiers are fighting terrorism, will this not weaken our
strength in fighting terrorists. We also have to be alert on our Eastern and
Northwestern borders.
To me it appears that this coalition is designed for some other purpose and
not fighting ISIS. Did any of the Arab country helped us in our wars? The answer is NO.
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Dec 17, 2015 07:31am
Alliance should be to fight enemies not our own people who have differences since they were side lined. No alliance against Yemen, Iraq, Syria or else but only against non Muslim states like Israel etc.
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Dec 17, 2015 12:18pm
Setting-up a military alliance of Islamic countries substantiates Samuel P. Huntington's 1993 theory of the 'Clash of Civilizations'. This short-sighted move of a clan ruling Saudi Arabia may pose serious threats to the efforts of inter-faith harmony. Parliament of Pakistan has already decided not become a party to Saudi military adventures. Honoring the supremacy of Parliament, both the military leadership & the Government better sit on the fence.
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Dec 17, 2015 01:19pm
Union is strength. joining is our self respect. It will terrorize the west, russia and all others anti-Islamic actors and proxies.
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Dec 17, 2015 01:20pm
union is strength
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Dec 17, 2015 05:10pm
Pakistan awaits details to decide on extent of participation in 34-nation alliance.. Details are not necessary. They pay we fight. Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
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Dec 17, 2015 06:54pm
The 30 year old Saudi prince has lost his mind. Pakistan should be part of any anti ISIS coalition but not like this. They need to follow proper protocol, International relations are not conducted like this, these people are not professional nor serious.
All leaders of the coalition should have gathered on stage to show the world their seriousness. A formal agreement should be signed, not this childish display of awkward coalition grouping by email.
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Dec 17, 2015 06:57pm
ISIS is a result of the Iraq invasion led by the US and aided and supported by the Arabs.
Pakistan needs to sit this one out. It was not of our making, and let the Arabs deal with it.
Pakistan needs to clean up its areas of Al Qaeda and Taliban and work with China and others to develop the region.
I would not even allow a single Arab to enter Pakistan until we know they are not ISIS.
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