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\u2022 Kashmir tensions are best resolved by the parties themselves, says John Kirby
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\u2022 Biden to discuss ways to reshape and scale up multilateral development banks with G20 leaders<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON: A senior White House official has assured Islamabad that US President Joe Biden understands the threats Pakistan faces and is committed to working with the country to remove those threats.<\/p>\n At a Wednesday afternoon news briefing in Washington, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communication John Kirby also highlighted US efforts to reshape and scale up multilateral development banks like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.<\/p>\n President Biden, he said, will discuss the proposal with G20 leaders in New Delhi this weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that these institutions are some of the most effective tools for mobilising transparent and high-quality investment in developing countries,\u201d Mr Kirby said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that\u2019s why the US has championed the major effort that is currently underway to evolve these institutions so that they\u2019re up for the challenges of tomorrow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n When reminded that in October last year, President Biden called Pakistan \u201cone of the most dangerous nations in the world\u201d because it had \u201cnuclear weapons without any cohesion,\u201d Mr Kirby explained why the US was so concerned about Pakistan.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that the Pakistani people continue to suffer the threat from terrorism, particularly along that border \u2026 with Afghanistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to continue to work with Pakistan \u2014 to the degree that they\u2019re comfortable with, of course \u2014 to help address those kinds of security threats to their own people and to their own borders because it\u2019s not an insignificant threat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Underlining the seriousness of the threats confronting Pakistan, Mr Kirby said: \u201cThere is a lot of danger that\u2019s still posed to the Pakistani people, and the President understands that, and he\u2019s committed to continue to work with Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n