No US military or air base in Pakistan: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs has rebuffed “baseless and irresponsible” reports about the presence of a US military base in Pakistan.

In a statement on Monday evening, Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Chaudhry wrote: “There was no U.S. military or air base in Pakistan; nor was any such proposal envisaged.”

Any speculation on this account was baseless and irresponsible and should be avoided, he said.

The Spokesperson added that Pakistan and the U.S. have a framework of cooperation in terms of Air Lines of Communication (ALOC) and Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) in place since 2001. No new agreement has been made in this regard.​

The clarification came hours after National Security Adviser of Pakistan Dr. Moeed Yusuf and his counterpart from the United States of America Jake Sullivan met in Geneva.

Both sides had a positive conversation on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest and agreed to advance practical cooperation on these issues, a joint statement issued here on Monday said.