WASHINGTON: As it appear a whopping $2.29 billion in fresh aggressive aid to Pakistan admitting India's apropos in this regard, the US has said its ties with Islamabad do not appear at the amount of India and vice-versa.
"This is a accountable (India's apropos about US aggressive abetment to Pakistan) that comes up in all of our discussions with high-level Indian officials. It comes up in all of our discussions with high-level Pakistani officials," US State Department agent P J Crowley told reporters back asked about Fresh Delhi's apropos on the issue.
"We abide to accommodate the aforementioned bulletin to both countries. This is not a zero-sum proposition. Our abetment to Pakistan does not appear at the amount of India, and our accord with India does not appear at the amount of Pakistan," he said.
Less than a ages ago, India's Defence Minister A K Antony in his affairs with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates had bidding his apropos that US aggressive aid to Pakistan commonly ends up actuality acclimated adjoin India.
Clinton bygone appear a fresh USD 2 billion aegis abetment amalgamation for Pakistan, as she pushed Islamabad to booty stronger activity adjoin terrorists aural the country, appropriately blank India's concerns.
She additionally appear addition 29 actor aid to Pakistan in International Aggressive Education and Training (IMET), appropriately accretion the absolute aid amalgamation to USD 2.29 billion.
"This is a accountable (India's apropos about US aggressive abetment to Pakistan) that comes up in all of our discussions with high-level Indian officials. It comes up in all of our discussions with high-level Pakistani officials," State Department agent P J Crowley told reporters back asked about India's apropos in this regard.
"We abide to accommodate the aforementioned bulletin to both countries. This is not a zero-sum proposition. Our abetment to Pakistan does not appear at the amount of India, and our accord with India does not appear at the amount of Pakistan," he said.
Crowley, however, dodged the catechism on if there is any aegis in the aid amalgamation to anticipate Pakistan from breach the money from counter-insurgency or counter- agitation purposes.
"Well, all countries are sovereign, but by the aforementioned token, we've tailored this amalgamation we accept to advance training and accouterment that is focused on our counter- affront programmes," he said.
