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| + | [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F04%2F19&entity=Ar02003&sk=1CC9FEF3&mode=text Omer Farooq Khan, US official confirms travel curbs on Pak diplomats from May 1, April 19, 2018: ''The Times of India''] | ||
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| + | A senior official of the Trump administration has confirmed that Washington will impose travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats in the US from May 1, stating that they would not be allowed to move freely without permission from relevant authorities in the state department. | ||
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| + | In an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA’s) Uzbek service, US under secretary of state for political affairs Thomas Shannon said this restriction was placed in response to the same conditions imposed by Islamabad on US diplomats in Pakistan. | ||
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| + | The Trump administration had recently communicated to Islamabad that its diplomats stationed at their embassy in Washington and at consulates in other cities would seek permission at least five days ahead of an intended travel beyond 40km from their offices. “Our diplomats are under travel restrictions. They can travel further than 40km, but they have to notify the government of Pakistan. It’s very common in diplomacy,” Shannon said. | ||
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| + | According to Pakistani authorities, they have not imposed any travel restrictions on US diplomats but have taken security measures intended to protect them. They argue that the state department also does not allow its diplomats in Pakistan to visit volatile tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, Karachi and certain other places out of security concerns. | ||
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| + | The US official also stressed the need for Pakistan to step up pressure on militants, who still have a presence in the country. Shannon said that Islamabad also needed to understand the concerns of Central Asian countries about “remnants” of militancy in Pakistan. “I’m not sure how much we can help... this is really something that the Pakistanis have to understand.” | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 19 April 2018
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2018
Travel curbs on Pakistani diplomats
A senior official of the Trump administration has confirmed that Washington will impose travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats in the US from May 1, stating that they would not be allowed to move freely without permission from relevant authorities in the state department.
In an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA’s) Uzbek service, US under secretary of state for political affairs Thomas Shannon said this restriction was placed in response to the same conditions imposed by Islamabad on US diplomats in Pakistan.
The Trump administration had recently communicated to Islamabad that its diplomats stationed at their embassy in Washington and at consulates in other cities would seek permission at least five days ahead of an intended travel beyond 40km from their offices. “Our diplomats are under travel restrictions. They can travel further than 40km, but they have to notify the government of Pakistan. It’s very common in diplomacy,” Shannon said.
According to Pakistani authorities, they have not imposed any travel restrictions on US diplomats but have taken security measures intended to protect them. They argue that the state department also does not allow its diplomats in Pakistan to visit volatile tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, Karachi and certain other places out of security concerns.
The US official also stressed the need for Pakistan to step up pressure on militants, who still have a presence in the country. Shannon said that Islamabad also needed to understand the concerns of Central Asian countries about “remnants” of militancy in Pakistan. “I’m not sure how much we can help... this is really something that the Pakistanis have to understand.”
