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Pak-US tension: King Abdullah to play the role of peacemaker
By jazbablog - Mon Sep 26, 7:50 pm
ISLAMABAD: With tensions escalating between Pakistan and US, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is most likely to jump in as pacifier to save estranged partners from reaching the point of no return.
In a report by a local news agency Online it was said that to start with King Abdullah sent his intelligence guys to listen to the Pakistani side and to gauge tensions between the key allies in the war against terrorism.
Report say that a delegation of senior intelligence officials rushed from Saudi Arabia to hold an in-depth meeting with ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha. During the meeting two sides underlined common background information on conflict about Haqqani group, the sources said.
The report say that US, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia were primary partners in creation of all these militants groups (including the Haqqanis) in Afghanistan to block the then invading USSR. The report said that the sources did not rule out the possibility of King Abdullah himself playing as pacifier to defuse tensions reaching boiling point after scathing American allegations and touchy Pakistani grievances in war on terror.
The report described the news in international and national media on Monday about the visits of Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and ISI chief Pahsa as mere speculations and rumour intended to confound confusion. However, the speculations that Saudi intelligence team rushed to Pakistan under the US influence cannot be ruled out said in report.
Both the army and the intelligence chiefs would certainly visit world capitals to explain Pakistans position but only after having mandate to do so from the political leadership said report.
The report also said that the news of a foreign new agencys reports claiming schedule and later cancellation of army chiefs visit to UK and private meeting with British Defense Secretary Liam Fox as baseless stories based on speculations.
By jazbablog - Mon Sep 26, 7:50 pm
ISLAMABAD: With tensions escalating between Pakistan and US, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is most likely to jump in as pacifier to save estranged partners from reaching the point of no return.
In a report by a local news agency Online it was said that to start with King Abdullah sent his intelligence guys to listen to the Pakistani side and to gauge tensions between the key allies in the war against terrorism.
Report say that a delegation of senior intelligence officials rushed from Saudi Arabia to hold an in-depth meeting with ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha. During the meeting two sides underlined common background information on conflict about Haqqani group, the sources said.
The report say that US, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia were primary partners in creation of all these militants groups (including the Haqqanis) in Afghanistan to block the then invading USSR. The report said that the sources did not rule out the possibility of King Abdullah himself playing as pacifier to defuse tensions reaching boiling point after scathing American allegations and touchy Pakistani grievances in war on terror.
The report described the news in international and national media on Monday about the visits of Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and ISI chief Pahsa as mere speculations and rumour intended to confound confusion. However, the speculations that Saudi intelligence team rushed to Pakistan under the US influence cannot be ruled out said in report.
Both the army and the intelligence chiefs would certainly visit world capitals to explain Pakistans position but only after having mandate to do so from the political leadership said report.
The report also said that the news of a foreign new agencys reports claiming schedule and later cancellation of army chiefs visit to UK and private meeting with British Defense Secretary Liam Fox as baseless stories based on speculations.
