‘US relations with Pakistan nothing to do with India’, says Shahi Tharoor, backs separate bilateral ties
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that the United States’ ties with Pakistan are separate from its relationship with India, a position he said India also endorses. Shashi Thaoor noted that while Trump often praises Pakistan and its leaders, he also does not hesitate to speak positively about PM Narendra Modi. (PTI) While speaking of recent praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Donald Trump, Tharoor said the US President is conveying a message of “friendship and warmth” towards India. Speaking to PTI news agency, the Congress leader said, “I think Trump is definitely conveying a message of friendship and warmth towards India. You know, the Americans always like to say that our relations with Pakistan have nothing to do with our relations with India. And that’s also our view that there should be no hyphenation.” Tharoor added that India had conveyed to world leaders several years ago that any visit to New Delhi should be strictly bilateral and not combined with a visit to Pakistan. He said that US President Donald Trump also …








