Oct 26, 2021: A senior US senator has said he has asked US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to urge President Joe Biden to talk to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in an effort to restore relations with Pakistan.

President Joe Biden, who took office in January this year, did not telephone Prime Minister Imran Khan amid statements from key US officials that it would happen soon.

Recently, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, who is in Pakistan, said that she was confident that the US President would talk to Prime Minister Imran Khan soon.

“We believe that every country wants to have a telephone conversation with the US President. I am sure that this will be with Imran Khan soon,” the top US diplomat told a group of editors.

He added, “I’m sure this contact will happen soon, so I don’t think it should mean anything else.”

While addressing a fundraising event Sunday, Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stressed the need for such talks.

“I think it would be nice for us to have a conversation like that and, you know, when we talk about it, they’re honest, and that means They are also transparent.

“Such a course means that where there is an agreement, we abide by it and where there is disagreement, we talk about how we can resolve that disagreement,” he said.

Highlighting the importance of a relationship with Pakisan, he said, “I think it’s an extraordinary moment in which this is a relationship that can be rebuilt as it was before,” said Senator Menendez. “And if we can rebuild it, I hope, we can expand it – not just in the context of a military or security aspect of Pakistan, but much more – an incredible amount. We are talking about a large population that is very young; there is a tremendous opportunity to build the economic dynamics that we create.

“And that’s what I look forward to able to continue as your senator,” Menendez told members of the American-Pakistani Political Action Committee (APPAC).

The ceremony took place at the residence of Dr. Tariq Ibrahim, a member of the APAC Board, in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. APPAC President Dr. Ijaz Ahmed was among them, as was another board member, Asad Chaudhry.

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