TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the country will continue to face ’embarrassment’ if terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are not reined in, according to media reports.
Asif’s admission came two days after the BRICS grouping that includes China, for the first time named terror groups like LeT and the JeM among the internationally banned outfits operating from within Pakistan.
United States President Donald Trump had also criticised Pakistan for being a ‘safe haven’ for terror groups like the Haqqani network. Asif acknowledged the existence of LeT and JeM among the internationally banned outfits operating from within Pakistan.
“We need to tell our friends that we have improved our house. We need to bring our house in order to prevent facing embarrassment on the international level,” Asif said while speaking to media, days ahead of his visit to Beijing to meet the Chinese leadership.
According to Asif, the BRICS declaration should not be considered as China’s official stance as other countries — Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa — are also a part of the group.
The inclusion of LeT and JeM in the BRICS Declaration at Xiamen is considered a setback to Pakistan, China’s ‘all weather’ friend as Beijing had succeeded in blocking efforts to name these Pakistan-based terror outfits in the outcome document at the five-member grouping’s summit in Goa last year.
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