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Pakistan Responds to Reports of Selling Weapons to Ukraine
Pakistan Responds to Reports of Selling Weapons to Ukraine
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Pakistan's Foreign Ministry dismissed media reports that the Islamic state was supplying weapons to Ukraine.
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Pakistan has termed a report published by an American media house that claimed Islamabad had sent arms and ammunition to Ukraine in exchange for the $3 billion in IMF assistance announced earlier this year as "baseless and fabricated"."Pakistan's defence exports are always accompanied by strict end-user requirements", she elaborated.Baloch's remarks came after a news outlet, The Intercept, created ripples across the world, alleging that Pakistan was providing weapons to Ukraine as part of a secret agreement it signed with the IMF.However, this isn't the first time Pakistan has come under international scrutiny over the subject.In July, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba rubbished media speculation that Islamabad was siding with Kiev in its ongoing military conflict with Russia by selling weapons to the East European nation.At the time, Kuleba stressed that the two countries had not signed any contract regarding the sale of arms to Ukraine.But Ukraine's top diplomat lauded Islamabad's neutral stance on the crisis in addition to its humanitarian aid to Kiev.Going back to the IMF's financial support to Pakistan, after months of stalled negotiations, the two parties finally announced that they had agreed on the terms of the package in July.The $3 billion in monetary assistance from the global lender was crucial for Pakistan, given that its forex reserves had depleted to precarious levels and the country was on the brink of a sovereign default.
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Pakistan Responds to Reports of Selling Weapons to Ukraine
21:37 19.09.2023 (Updated: 11:06 20.09.2023) In July, Pakistan secured a $3 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering Pakistan much-needed foreign currency amid depleting forex reserves.
Pakistan has termed a report published by an American media house that claimed Islamabad had sent arms and ammunition to Ukraine in exchange for the $3 billion in IMF assistance announced earlier this year as "baseless and fabricated".
"The IMF Standby Arrangement for Pakistan was successfully negotiated between Pakistan and the IMF to implement difficult but essential economic reforms. Giving any other color to these negotiations is disingenuous", Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said in a press conference in Islamabad.
"Pakistan's defence exports are always accompanied by strict end-user requirements", she elaborated.
Baloch's remarks came after a news outlet, The Intercept, created ripples across the world, alleging that Pakistan was providing weapons to Ukraine as part of a secret agreement it signed with the IMF.
"These arms sales were intended to supply the Ukrainian military, hence, forcing Pakistan to take a side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict", the publication wrote.
However, this isn't the first time Pakistan has come under international scrutiny over the subject.
In July, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba rubbished media speculation that Islamabad was siding with Kiev in its ongoing military conflict with Russia by selling weapons to the East European nation.
At the time, Kuleba stressed that the two countries had not signed any contract regarding the sale of arms to Ukraine.
But Ukraine's top diplomat lauded Islamabad's neutral stance on the crisis in addition to its humanitarian aid to Kiev.
Going back to the IMF's financial support to Pakistan, after months of stalled negotiations, the two parties finally announced that they had agreed on the terms of the package in July.
The $3 billion in monetary assistance from the global lender was crucial for Pakistan, given that its forex reserves had
depleted to precarious levels and the country was on the brink of a sovereign default.
