Pakistan has rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s remarks that conditions will be attached to negotiations on a strategic partnership agreement with Pakistan. Foreign Office Spokesman Moazam Ahmed Khan in a statement clarified that Pakistan desires to promote good neighbourly relations with Afghanistan on the basis of mutual respect and interest. In this regard comments reportedly made by President Karzai and certain other quarters in Afghanistan are entirely misplaced and without any basis. The spokesman further clarified that the proposed strategic partnership agreement was suggested by President Karzai during the trilateral summit in New York. The same was also reflected in the press release, dated Sept 29, 2012, issued from New York. Referring to allegations against Pakistan, the spokesman said that Pakistan has invested heavily, both in terms of human and economic losses, to promote stability in Afghanistan.
