{"id":1990,"date":"2019-07-09T10:35:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T10:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2019-07-09T10:35:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T10:35:31","slug":"headway-in-taliban-talks-may-lead-to-pm-imran-trump-meeting-fm-qureshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/headway-in-taliban-talks-may-lead-to-pm-imran-trump-meeting-fm-qureshi\/","title":{"rendered":"Headway in Taliban talks may lead to PM Imran, Trump meeting: FM Qureshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"template__header  clearfix    modifier--open        px-1  \">\n<div class=\"block  sm-inline-block  clearfix  float-none  sm-float-right\">\n<div class=\"social    social--icon  social--black  social--flat  social--twitter    float-left    mr-1  my-2  \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social  hidden  sm-block    social--print    social--icon  social--black  social--flat      float-left    mr-1  my-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/print\/1483068\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"social    social--email    social--icon  social--black  social--flat      float-left    mr-1  my-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social    social--comment    social--icon  social--black  social--flat  social--count  font-normal    float-left    mr-1  my-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slideshow story__cover slideshow--main slick-initialized slick-slider slick-dotted\" data-slick=\"{&quot;dots&quot;:true,&quot;dotsClass&quot;:&quot;slideshow__pager  &quot;,&quot;asNavFor&quot;:null,&quot;cssEase&quot;:&quot;ease&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:250,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:2000,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;fade&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;infinite&quot;:true,&quot;responsive&quot;: [{&quot;breakpoint&quot;: 767,&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;slidesToShow&quot;: 1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;: 1}},{&quot;breakpoint&quot;: 575,&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;slidesToShow&quot;: 1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;: 1}}]}\">\n<div class=\"slick-list draggable\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"slick-track\">\n<div class=\"slideshow__slide slideshow__slide--first slideshow__slide--horizontal slick-slide slick-current slick-active\" data-slick-index=\"0\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"template__main  clearfix    modifier--open        px-1  modifier--widedefault  modifier--blockquote-center-narrow  \">\n<div class=\"story__content          pt-1  mt-1\">\n<p>A meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and United States President Donald Trump might take place after some progress in the ongoing US-Taliban peace talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi\u00a0<a class=\"story__link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urdunews.com\/node\/420466\/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86\/%E2%80%99%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%8C-%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%BE-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%81-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF%E2%80%98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told\u00a0<em>Urdu News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the news outlet on Friday, Qureshi said that &#8220;progress in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1481383\">ongoing talks<\/a>\u00a0in Doha will establish a ground for a meeting between Prime Minister Imran and US President Trump&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if a headway in the talks was a precondition for meeting between the two leaders, the foreign minister said: &#8220;[Don&#8217;t call it] a condition but I think that the environment [for the meeting] will be more favourable if the talks move forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both [PM Imran and President Trump] are important personalities, [and both are] deeply interested in [establishing] peace and stability in the region,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been progress [in establishing peace and stability in the region] and [US-Taliban] talks are underway in Doha. There are chances of further progress in talks [that] can lead to a new opening in our [Pak-US] bilateral relations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Qureshi also talked about relations with Tehran and said that &#8220;some powers keep trying to create misunderstandings between Pakistan and Iran in order to fulfil their own agendas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever attempts are made [to create misunderstandings between the two sides], Pakistan and Iran defuse them through bilateral talks on the level of security and intelligence agencies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that: &#8220;These are the powers who consider Iran a threat for the region and want to degrade it [in the region].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was pointing towards the US, the foreign minister said he would not name anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to security threats being faced by Saudi Arabia, Qureshi said, &#8220;Pakistan had stood by [the kingdom] whenever it was threatened and will continue to do so&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and United States President Donald Trump might take place after some progress in the ongoing US-Taliban peace talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi\u00a0told\u00a0Urdu News. In an interview with the news outlet on Friday, Qureshi said that &#8220;progress in the\u00a0ongoing talks\u00a0in Doha will establish a ground for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}