Partnership with US wide-ranging: MEA declines comment on White House invite to Munir

A week after the Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir was invited to the White House for lunch, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that the visit was ‘noted’ but it had ‘no comments’ to offer.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have noted the visit. I have no further comment to make”.

He went on to talk about the India-US relationship, saying, “Our partnership with the United States is wide-ranging, grounded in shared democratic values and growing strategic convergence.”

“A comprehensive global strategic partnership between India and the United States continues to receive high-level attention and is manifested in sustained dialogue and cooperation across sectors, including trade, critical technology, energy and defence,” he added.

Answering a question on the US travel advisory for visit to India, Jaiswal said travel advisories were periodically issued by countries based on the assessment of various factors. He said the US authorities had informed India that there had been no change in India’s advisory level, which remains at level two, the same as before.