Pakistan has no agreements with US on joint operation: spokesperson
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, April 16, IRNA
Pakistan-US Operation
Pakistan said on Monday that it has no agreement with the United States for any agreement on joint operation on its soil.
Pakistan has no understanding with the United States or anybody else that there will be any joint operations inside Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told reporters at her weekly briefing.
The spokesperson said any action required to be taken inside Pakistani territory will be taken by Pakistani armed forces.
To yet another question, the spokesperson said tribes in Waziristan tribal agency have undertaken that they would not allow any foreigner be they Uzbeks or Arabs to indulge in undesirable activities from the area.
Replying to a number of questions, she said Pakistan expects the international community to have trust in it without which the alliance against terrorism cannot achieve any success.
Pakistan is pursuing war against terrorism in its national interest and as there is convergence of interests with the international community, it is also part of the coalition against terror.
She told a questioner that there are four to six Pakistanis in Guantanamo Bay and Interior Ministry is in contact with the US administration for their return to Pakistan.
The spokesperson said Pakistan Embassy in Jordan is in touch with Iraqi authorities to ascertain the number of Pakistanis killed during bomb blast in Karbala and repatriation of their bodies.
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