While visiting the US, General Asim Munir, the COAS, met with high-ranking officials on Friday, according to the military’s media affairs office. The general stressed the need to understand how both countries view regional security issues and how developments are affecting South Asia’s strategic stability during their chat.
The army chief met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, retired Secretary of Defense General Lloyd J. Austin, Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, according to ISPR.
The research noted ongoing conflicts, regional and global security problems, and shared interests. According to the ISPR, “both sides agreed to continue engagement in exploring potential avenues of bilateral collaboration,” pursuing common aims.
In conversations with defense officials, counterterrorism and defense cooperation were identified as critical areas of collaboration, and the leaders underlined their determination to increase communication and explore methods to develop mutually beneficial engagements.
“Understanding each other’s perspectives on regional security issues and developments affecting strategic stability in South Asia,” added the general.
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“Within this framework, the COAS particularly emphasized the significance of addressing the Kashmir dispute in compliance with global legislation and pertinent UNSC resolutions,” as per an ISPR press release.
It added that Gen. Munir met with Pakistani expatriates at an embassy function.
He thanked Pakistanis abroad for their “positive role” in their country’s development. The ISPR stated that the COAS “holds the Pakistani diaspora anywhere in the world in high regard as they are ambassadors of Pakistan and contribute significantly to Pakistan in varying domains.”
The army chief asked the diaspora to invest through the Special Investment Facilitation Council, citing the US as Pakistan’s largest export market. Detentions, further screening, and visa denials were denied.
Mr. Tanweer Ahmed met with the COAS after donating $9 million to NUST to boost IT in Pakistan. “Pakistan is proud of heroes like him,” the ISPR quoted the COAS.
US-Pakistan tensions are a boost for the COAS visit: report
The army chief was in Washington amid close US-Pakistan ties, according to Foreign Policy the day before.
The document also explored how both governments are seeking new alliance pillars once US forces leave Afghanistan in 2021.
The report also noted that Gen. Munir prioritizes cordial officer-to-officer ties more than his predecessors due to US-Pakistan training and education.
The study hypothesized that Gen. Munir wanted good relations with Washington because the US was Pakistan’s principal export market and aid provider.
The US emphasized the declining IS-K threat in Afghanistan, according to the research. The motivations to collaborate with Pakistan may change. The army chief will discuss security challenges, including Pakistan’s rising militancy.
Despite their disagreements over Afghan refugee expulsion from Pakistan, the US and Pakistan may cooperate in non-security areas like humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
The story says Gen. Munir’s talks with key US officials “will play a crucial role in shaping the trajectory of these complex bilateral ties.”
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