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US speaking India’s language on Kashmir: Pak

Kashmir Times. Dated: 12/19/2017 2:40:04 PM

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (Agencies): Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua said on Monday said that the United States of America (USA) is following Indian policy on the longstanding Kashmir dispute.
Speaking at a Pakistan’s Security Policy Seminar, Janjua lamented that despite Pakistan giving the most human and economic sacrifices in the war against terrorism, the world has still not respected the vital role it has played.
He said, “Pakistan has defeated the heinous ambitions of its enemy as the insurgents in Balochistan are putting down their weapons and choosing to say ‘Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan’ (Long live Pakistan).”
Lt Gen (retired) Janjua said that India is threatening Pakistan with a conventional war. The US has given India role in Afghanistan’s political process, giving New Delhi priority over Islamabad, and has opposed the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he pointed out.
“Taliban are getting stronger in Afghanistan, and Pakistan has faced heavy human and economic loss in its war against terrorism but the US is blaming Pakistan for its own failure in Afghanistan,” the adviser remarked.
He said that terrorism in Pakistan emerged after the country decided to support the US and the West.
The national security adviser said that in opposition to China and Russia, the US has disrupted the balance of power in South Asia. “Security in South Asia is under pressure,” he said.
He accused the US of "speaking India's language", and said the two nations have "the same ideas" regarding the Jammu and Kashmir conflict.
National Security Advisor of Pakistan Lt. Gen Naseer Khan Janjua (Retd) said here that "the US is willing to give India a bigger role in Afghanistan while blaming Pakistan for its own failure in the region."
"India was given clear preference over Pakistan by the US," Janjua said, even though India "continuously threatens" conventional war with Pakistan.
"The US accuses Pakistan of having ties with the Haqqani network and the Taliban when, in actuality, Pakistan only started facing terrorism when it aligned its forces with the US," Janjua said, adding that Pakistan had paid a heavy price in its fight against terrorism but the world never recognised its losses.
Janjua also claimed that the US has also opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
"The US wants imbalance in the region to ensure that China does not rise and that there is no resurgence of Russian power in the region," he added.
"Pakistan has defeated the enemy's dangerous goal by defeating terrorism," he continued, alluding to an unidentified enemy.
The adviser said there is still a long way to go as the Taliban in Afghanistan are becoming stronger and India is accumulating more and more weapons.