Rex Tillerson said that he had not yet spoken to leaders in Islamabad about his speech on India, but would talk about on Tuesday when he visits Pakistan.
Tillerson, who was in Kabul for just over two hours, met President Ashraf Ghani, CEO Abdullah Abdullah and National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar. He then departed for Doha.
"The improvement in Pak-US ties is not as significant as the closeness of Washington and New Delhi. It is a threatening alliance,” the Pakistani official said.
"Secretary Tillerson has made a significant policy statement on India-US relations and its future," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's speech comes ahead of his India visit next week.
The proposals forward by the US include sale of Guardian UAVs, aircraft carrier technologies, the future vertical-lift programme, and F-18 and F-16 fighter aircraft.
in an apparent dig at Pakistan, Tillerson also said that states that use terror as an instrument of policy will only see their international reputation and standing diminish.
Rex Tillerson remarks assume significance as it comes close on the heels of President Donald Trump’s proposed Asia visit in November which will take him to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Under the current law, Trump faces a Sunday deadline to notify Congress whether Iran is complying with the accord that was negotiated over 18 months by the Obama administration.
Donald Trump’s tense relationship with Rex Tillerson burst into public view last week when a news story claimed Mike Pence had to talk Tillerson out of resigning this summer, and that Tillerson had called Trump a moron.
Tillerson also denied reports that Vice President Mike Pence had to urge him to stay in the job and sidestepped questions about whether he called Trump a "moron".
Tillerson, however, didn’t deny a story that he had called the president a “moron” after a contentious July 20 meeting at the Pentagon.
Tillerson said the US was probing North Korea's willingness to talk, and called for a calming of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, adding it was incumbent on the North to halt the missile launches
Xi met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson here, amid mounting pressure from Trump on Beijing to rein in its close ally Pyongyang.
Rex Tillerson met Xi Jinping and other officials on issues including trade, North Korea and preparations for an anticipated visit by President Donald Trump to China in November.
India, Japan and the US sought to expand their Indo-Pacific partnership by exchanging views on maritime security, connectivity and proliferation issues.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in New York on Monday to represent India at the 72nd annual UNGA session with a packed schedule of super diplomacy among an array of world leaders
Tillerson’s remarks came after President Donald Trump unveiled the US strategy in Afghanistan which included expanded authorities to target terrorists.
“We will cooperate to advance trilateral and multilateral security and defence cooperation with other partners in the region, notably the Republic of Korea, Australia and India," Rex Tillerson said.
The report released by Rex Tillerson also mentioned instances of attacks on people suspected of making what were claimed to be derogatory remarks against Islam.
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