Asif meets PM Abbasi after Trump statement on Pakistan aid

KARACHI: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, sources told Geo News, in what is seen as an important meeting after US President Donald Trump statement regarding US aid to Pakistan on Monday. The meeting held a detailed review of the Trump statement, sources said, besides discussion on the country's foreign policy. Trump earlier tweeted that the United States had foolishly given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years. The US president accused Pakistan of given nothing but lies and deceit, thinking US leaders to be fools. "They give safe havens to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!" "We will respond to President Trump's tweet shortly," Asif said in a tweet. The minister said they will let the world know the truth, and the difference between "facts and fiction." ?Pakistan has done enough, time for Afghanistan and US to do more? In a news conference held on 28 December, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Major General Asif Ghaffor stated no organised infrastructure of a terrorist organisation exists in Pakistan. His statement was in reference to the unfounded talk by the US and Afghanistan on the presence of terrorist bases in Pakistan. ?We have been saying that Pakistan has fought twice an imposed and imported war inside Pakistan. We have sacrificed a lot. We have paid a huge price both in blood and treasure. We have done enough and we cannot do any more for anyone. Whatever we are doing and shall, will only be done for Pakistan.? The spokesperson clarified that the Coalition Support Fund, received from the US, is reimbursement of money spent for operations in support of the coalition for regional peace. "Had we not supported, al-Qaeda would not have been defeated," the ISPR chief stated.