Pakistan won't accept any US aid with strings attached, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Prof Ahsan Iqbal has said.
Iqbal declared that Pakistan was a sovereign country and both states should respect each other's laws.
The comments from Iqbal came while referring to US decision of linking Pakistan's aid with release of Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
According to the Nation, while talking to the media after attending Annual Conference of Pakistan Strategy Support Programme (PSSP), Iqbal added that Pakistan's foreign policy was based on principles of strengthening relations with all states while protecting the interests of the country.
Talking about the Pak-US relations, he said that US administration wanted to further ties with Pakistan and hoped it would press the Congress to refrain from taking such a step.
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