Pakistan won't be pushed to choose between China, US: Hina Rabbani
Pakistan has enough problems of its own and does not want the added headache of a new Cold War between China and the United States, says Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar.
In an interview with Washington-based news outlet Politico this week, Hina Rabbani Khar insisted that Islamabad had no appetite to pick a side in the growing global rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
The interview was recorded before United States President Joe Biden called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a dictator at a political event in California on Tuesday. The comment earned a swift and angry response from China which said the remarks 'seriously contradict basic facts, seriously violate diplomatic etiquette, and seriously infringe on China's political dignity'.
Political analysts in Washington warn that Joe Biden's remarks, and Beijing's response, would make it more difficult for countries like Pakistan to maintain relations with both China and the United States.
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