Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to give safe haven to terrorists. She said Pakistan has been cooperating with the United States, but Washington cannot accept any government protecting terrorists.
"We are communicating this message to Pakistan more strongly than in the past and we hope to see changes," Haley told members of the Observer Research Foundation, an Indian think tank. Pakistan's cooperation is seen as key to the success of President Donald Trump's Afghanistan policy. Haley said China was an important country and the United States, like India, sought a productive relationship with it.
"But, unlike India, China does not share our commitment to democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental freedoms. This makes China's expansion of loans and investments in countries in the region a matter of concern for many of us," she said.
Haley said a failure by China to respect the rights of its people and the rule of law would limit its ability to grow and prosper over the long term, and this would limit the United States' relationship with China.