#ANINews Shashi Tharoor decodes US-Pakistan strategic relationship, highlights US’ key role in forming ISI

Shashi Tharoor decodes US-Pakistan strategic relationship, highlights US’ key role in forming ISI
Former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that Pakistan and the United States have a relationship that has come to the fore with multifaceted cooperation, which remains independent of India. The Congress MP emphasised that the relationship between the US and Pakistan intensified during efforts to “push out” the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. He stated that Pakistan was a member of both the CENTO (Central Treaty Organisation) and SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation), which were military alliances sponsored by the US.”We have been shaken by this. We have allowed ourselves to forget that Pakistan is an old ally of the US. Pakistan was a member of both CENTO and SEATO. The US was closer to Pakistan, militarily and strategically, earlier. The cooperation got intensified further when the Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan, and Pakistan became the base for American orchestration of the whole Mujahideen efforts to push out the Soviets from there,” Tharoor said.He was responding to a question about Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir being invited to Washington twice in recent times.”ISI was set up with American guidance and cooperation. We have had 30 years of warmth between India and America, but old history should not be forgotten. There are still many Pakistani military officers who were trained in America. A number of Pakistan Intelligence operatives have worked and been trained by the Americans. These relationships have been long and deep,” Tharoor added.

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