KARACHI: Pakistan is committed to good relations with all friendly countries and every country has its own importance and position in the country’s foreign policy, Infor­mation Minister Atta Tarar said on Monday.

In a statement, the minister said Pakistan was committed to have a good and close relations, based on mutual trust and cooperation, with all friendly countries.

“Relations with one co­­untry cannot come at cost of relations with another country,” he remarked.

Every country has its own importance and position in Pakistan’s foreign policy, Mr Tarar said, adding the country had given a due importance to every other state and would continue to do so.

He also clarified the prime minister’s remarks during a conversation with journalists on Sunday, saying that the PM had said that relations of Pakistan with one country did not affect the other.

The minister clarified that the prime minister had spoken to the journalists in the context of China’s special assistance to Pakistan from 2013 to 2018, especially in addressing energy crises and making investments amid the environment of terrorism.

Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2024

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