Pakistan is in a bind. While Islamabad has sought closer ties with Israel and has done everything possible to please Trump, domestic compulsions have prevented any overt outreach, even though several meetings between the two sides have reportedly taken place since the mid-1990s, writes former diplomat Amb. Anil Trigunayat.
It is axiomatic that the friendship among unequal partners is often slavery by other means. This ipso facto applies to international relations as well. President Trump, while looking for an agreement and Off ramp from the war in Iran, also wants to sound it like a victory for the US and Israel. Abraham Accords is one such instrument and his personal effort driven by Jared Kushner to secure the Israelis in the region, since security of Israel is the primary objective of US foreign policy in the region.
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