"Pakistan may face sanctions if it makes trade deal with Iran": America warns

The US has warned Pakistan about the "potential risk of sanctions" over ties with Iran, and said they would continue to disrupt proliferation networks and take action as they consider trade deals with Iran. Will keep. Pressing for US to impose sanctions on suppliers of Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said, "We are committed to disrupting this network and its weapons of mass destruction procurement activities and taking action against them." To be continued... Let me just say that, broadly speaking, we recommend anyone considering trade deals with Iran to be aware of the potential risk of sanctions, but ultimately, the government of Pakistan Can talk about foreign policy.

Responding to a question on these sanctions, Patel said, "Sanctions were imposed because these are the entities that are proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of distribution." He told that these institutions are in China and Belarus. He said, "These were entities based in the PRC in Belarus and we have seen that they supplied equipment and other items to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme..."

Furthermore, highlighting the Iranian President's visit to Pakistan and the MoU signed between the two countries, Patel advised that anyone considering signing a trade deal with Iran should be aware of the potential risk of sanctions. should remain. Ahead of President Raisi's three-day visit to Pakistan, eight bilateral agreements were signed by the two countries, with the spokesperson pointing to the possibility that these relations could be jeopardized by sanctions due to Iran's position in the international community.

According to reports, the discussions led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from the Pakistani side and President Raisi, representing Iran, underlined the shared vision of advancing political, economic, trade and cultural relations between the two countries. Earlier in the day, Iran and Pakistan had signed eight MoUs for cooperation in various fields. PM Shahbaz and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi witnessed the MoU signing ceremony. The agreement covers cooperation in veterinary medicine and animal health, judicial assistance in civil matters and security matters.