Pak would not join any camp in global politics, says PM Khan amid mounting US-Russia tensions

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that his country would not join any camp in global politics as he asserted.

That Islamabad’s strategic direction was to “maintain relations with everyone”, amid mounting tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine and increasing Sino-US rivalry.

“We do not want to be in a position that implies as if we are a part of a certain camp,” Prime Minister Khan said while interacting with journalists, former diplomats and representatives of think-tanks in Islamabad.

Khan also rejected the impression that Pakistan was more inclined towards China than any other country, saying the country’s strategic direction was to “maintain relations with everyone”.

To a question, the prime minister said that he believed that Rawalpindi the Headquarters of the powerful army which has ruled Pakistan for more than half of its 74 plus years of existence — was also clear about Pakistan’s strategic position. The Pakistan Army has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policy.

It is not for the first time that Khan has said that he would not follow the US and China in case of a new Cold War.