Ali Jahangir Siddiqui resigns as Pak envoy to US

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Ali Jehangir Siddiqui on Tuesday resigned from the position.

Siddiqui while talking to a private news channel said that the trust deficit between Pakistan and the US decreased during his tenure.

He said that US President Donald Trump made tweets against Pakistan in January this year but the situation has changed altogether as Washington has recently requested Islamabad to extend help to resolve the Afghan conflict.

The outgoing envoy said that the ties between the two countries are heading towards normalization. He added that suspension of the coalition support fund is a separate issue.

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He also termed Pakistan a key player in resolving the Afghan issue.

Siddiqui said that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend a session of the United Nation in the New York, where he would hold meetings with heads of various countries and foreign ministers.

"The foreign minister will address UN General Assembly and will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the request of State Department," he said while talking to Geo News.

The Pakistani ambassador said that a meeting has been called in the embassy of the overseas Pakistanis to meet the foreign minister.