Iran Press/ Asia: Pakistan on Friday criticized the United States and India after President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House and both leaders called on Pakistan to ensure its territory was not used as a base for militant attacks.
Responding to media queries regarding the US-India Joint Statement, the Spokesperson said that the reference is contrary to diplomatic norms and has political overtones. She said we are surprised that it has been added despite Pakistan’s close counterterrorism cooperation with the US.
The ministry added that it was surprised by the joint statement and said it had "close counterterrorism cooperation" with the United States.
Relations between India and Pakistan have been fraught for years. Since independence from Britain in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two of them over the Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part.
The joint US-Indian statement said: "They (Biden and Modi) strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, the use of terrorist proxies and called on Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for launching terrorist attacks."
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