Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : US President Joe Biden has said “defending democracy, promoting freedom, human rights, respecting the rule of law and treating everyone with dignity are the important part of core values of foreign policy of the United States and American society”.
Our Special Jammu Kashmir Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Azad Jammu Kashmir that the American President Biden expressed these views in his recent letter to Raja Muzaffar, a Washington-based veteran Kashmiri leader, according to a message reaching and released to the media here Sunday night.
“The challenges facing our world today demonstrate how interconnected we are and how the fates of all people are bound together. From famines and climate change to wars and pandemics, no country can solve these shared problems alone, and America cannot afford to be absent from the world stage”, the US President further said in his letter while responding to Muzaffar’s recent letter inked over the foreign policy of the United States in the context of a comparative review of the occupation of Ukraine and Kashmir.
President Biden wrote to Raja Muzaffar as saying “I will keep your message in mind as we work to meet the challenges of our time”.
Referring to problems – various parts the world are confronting with the US President further wrote in his two-page letter as expressing “America cannot afford to be absent on the global stage. Our political and economic leadership will remain committed to the most cherished values and stand with our friends around the world committed to strengthening international peace and stability.”
President Biden concluded in his letter as saying “my Administration has restored diplomacy to the center of our foreign policy, working in close cooperation with our allies and partners to protect liberty, sovereignty, and our shared future” the press message concluded.
Releasing the text of the President Biden’s letter from the White House, Raja Muzaffar has said that he was grateful of the US President Biden for his response. It reflects how much his administration is concerned about the situation in the internationally-acknowledged disputed Jammu Kashmir State”, the Kashmiri leader observed in a press statement issue on Sunday.