Interesting coincidence that #US @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman is in #Pakistan two days after her #Iran counterpart Deputy FM Ali Bagheri was here. DepSecState @wendyrsherman played a key role in the original #JCPOA negotiations. /1
#Iran Deputy FM visit in the same week is coincidental. @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman's visit is focused on #Afghanistan, and the "important and longstanding #US-#Pakistan relationship," in her words. Here's @StateDeptSpox statement on the meeting with NSA @YusufMoeed. /2
DepSecState Sherman's visit comes at the intersection of several issues: topping the list is #Afghanistan, but also jitters in #India at the renewed #USPakistan engagement, and the regional security situation [#Gulf+South Asia+#China]. /3
Two statements by @DeputySecState @wendyrsherman are generating debate:
In #India: ".. we don’t see ourselves building a broad relationship with Pakistan" [indianexpress.com/article/world/…]
In #Pakistan: "[T]he important and longstanding #US-🇵🇰 relationship" [] /4
On #Iran, @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman played a role in the original #JCPOA negotiations. #Pakistan has a history of facilitating Tehran-#US dialogue. That's where the visit of Iranian Deputy FM Ali Bagheri to Islamabad on Tuesday becomes interesting. /5
Minor detail: To observe protocol at @ForeignOfficePk, @DepSecDef Wendy Sherman (=Deputy FM) was received by a protocol officer; then taken in an elevator to top floor to meet FM @SMQureshiPTI who gave her the courtesy of receiving her at the elevator door
In the meeting with @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman, Army chief #COAS said "#Pakistan (...) supports an all-inclusive Afghan Government." He also "emphasized" maintaining "meaningful bilateral engagement for an enduring multi domain relationship between" #Pakistan and the #US.
▶#US @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman "applauds" #Pakistan's role in helping the people of #Afghanistan; roots for a "strong, prosperous, and democratic" 🇵🇰, and highlights nearly 26 million vaccine doses donated to Pakistanis with "no strings attached":
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