With a top US general calling Pakistan a “phenomenal partner” in the counterterrorism world, the Congress has asked what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to say about this and whether it is not a “diplomatic setback”.
The opposition party also cited a media report which claimed that Pakistan’s chief of army staff General Syed Asim Munir is scheduled to visit Washington, DC, for the US Army Day celebrations, and said this is “another huge diplomatic setback for India”.
US Army General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command, has said the United States has to have a relationship with Pakistan and with India, and noted that it cannot be a “binary switch” where Washington cannot have ties with Islamabad if it has relations with New Delhi.
Kurilla made the comments during a testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
Pakistan is “in an active counterterrorism fight right now and they have been a phenomenal partner in the counterterrorism world”, the general said.
Sharing a media report on Kurilla’s remarks, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The US Central Command Chief has just described Pakistan as a ‘phenomenal partner in counter-terrorism’.”
The US Central Command Chief has just described Pakistan as a ‘phenomenal partner in counter-terrorism’. What do our PM and his cheerleaders have to say about this? Is this not a diplomatic setback?https://t.co/fh4mwsTAgP pic.twitter.com/j8UOUwYi9x
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 11, 2025
“What do our PM and his cheerleaders have to say about this? Is this not a diplomatic setback?” Ramesh said on X.
