In a surprising turning point, Pakistan has won a service and influence in Washington in recent months, despite the re -election of President Donald Trump in November of last year, causing a deep concern to Islamabad, where those responsible feared relations with relations.
During his first mandate, Trump favored New Delhi while accusing Islamabad of “deception” and of providing a safe refuge to “terrorists” – an allegation that Pakistan categorically rejected.
After a recent severe military confrontation between India and Pakistan for decades – neighboring countries with nuclear arms have undergone a striking role inversion, The Washington Post reported.
Currently, American-Indian relations are at the lowest level, tense by the increase in trade tensions and an increasingly personal spit between President Trump and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the other hand, Pakistani officials have solemnly and successfully sailed the Trump’s political world, promoting closer links with the White House at a time of world upheavals.
In August, the chief of staff of the army (COAS), Marshal Asim Munnir, visited the United States for the second time in the space of two months, stressing the bonds of reinforcement between Islamabad and Washington. The army chief described his recent visits to the United States as “a sign of a new dimension” in the relationship.
Pakistan recently obtained one of the lowest American rates among major Asian economies, 19% – well below the 29% rate initially threatened by US officials and much lower than the 50% rate imposed on India for the purchase of Russian oil.
Trump boasted of joint plans to explore the “massive” oil reserves in Pakistan, and Pakistani officials have offered to join America on cryptocurrency companies and the development of rare minerals.
Last week, the United States swore cooperation against closer counter-terrorism with Islamabad and appointed the Balutchistan Liberation Army (Bla) as an “foreign terrorist” organization.
The former president of the Mushahid Senate Defense Committee Hussain Syed said: “We could not ask for more.”
At a time when other countries are forced to make concessions, he continued, “our legitimate interests are preserved, protected and promoted”.
In response to questions from The Washington PostThe White House press office said that the president “is effective because it is able to maintain relations while advocating the first policies of America – such as the reduction of the massive trade deficit between the United States and India”.
Economic issues for Trump are low – Pakistan’s commercial volume with the United States amounts to around 5% of that of India. Pakistan land to the president could collapse in the face of a fragile economy and to multiply security threats.
World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company supported by the Trump family, signed a letter of intent with Pakistan Crypto Council in April, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office.
The statement stressed that the American delegation included Zachary Witkoff, Steve Witkoff’s son, New York’s real estate developer who was now a special Trump sent to the Middle East.
American-Pakistani relations took more magnitude in May, analysts said: when the president announced that his administration had negotiated a cease-fire between India and Pakistan after days of military climbing.
Islamabad officials quickly granted Credit to Trump and announced that they would appoint it for the Nobel Peace Prize.
However, India denied that American mediation had sealed the truce, contributing to the fall between Trump and Modi.
“President Trump relied on his relations with India and Pakistan to obtain a ceasefire in a deadly conflict that could have become nuclear without his participation,” said the White House in his declaration to The post.
A few weeks after the ceasefire, Trump invited the Marshal to have lunch with him at the White House-a very unusual private meeting between an American president and a foreign military chief, as well as a tacit recognition of the growing influence of Coas Munir.
