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Pakistan denies airspace accord with US
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ISLAMABAD, 24 October 2021, (TON): Pakistan on Saturday denied that it had reached any formal agreement with the United States for the use of its airspace to conduct “military and intelligence operations” in Afghanistan.
The statement came after the CNN, in its report, cited three "sources familiar with the details of a classified briefing" to the US Congress, and said that the Biden administration had informed US lawmakers that the country was close to striking a formal deal with Pakistan on the use of its airspace to conduct operations in Afghanistan.
The report claimed that Pakistan had "expressed a desire" to sign a memorandum of understanding in return for help in its own counterterrorism operations and assistance with managing the relationship with India.
It further maintained that according to a source, negotiations were still under way and the details of the agreement, which have not yet been hammered out, were still subject to change.
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