A Success Story of Pakistani Foreign Policy

A Saga of breaking the Indian shackles over American and Japanese foreign policy

Thanks to the Almighty Allah (SWT) that the governments of the USA and Japan took a 180 degree U-turn in their foreign policy concerning Pakistan (which was earlier highly manipulated by the Indians) in May 2022 and September 2022 respectively, after I directly wrote to President Joe Biden of the USA on 12 April 2022 (title and link…An Open Letter to the President of the United States
Link:- https://www.snayyar.com/an-open-letter-to-the-president-of-the-united-states.html) and also to the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on 22 March 2022 (title and link…How Japanese Prime Minister Was Befooled By India Who Must Now Apologise With Pakistan
Link:- https://www.snayyar.com/how-japanese-prime-minister-was-befooled-by-india-who-must-now-apologise-with-pakistan.html).

1. Story of the Japanese government’s foreign policy change in favour of Pakistan, after I wrote a letter dated 22 March 2022 to the Japanese PrimeMinister (link provided above).

On March 19, 2022 the Japan-India joint communique literally NAMED and SHAMED Pakistan at Para # 8 as below:

India-Japan Summit Joint Statement Partnership for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Post-COVID World
March 19, 2022

Para # 8. The Prime Ministers expressed deep concern at the growing threat of terrorism and underlined the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner. They called upon all countries to work together for rooting out terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupting terrorist networks and their financing channels, and halting cross-border movement of terrorists. In this context, they also called upon all countries to ensure that territory under their control is not used to launch terror attacks, to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks. They reiterated their condemnation of terrorist attacks in India, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks and called upon PAKISTAN to take resolute and irreversible action against terrorist networks operating out of its territory and comply fully with international commitments including to FATF. They also concurred to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in multilateral fora, and to work together on early adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) in the United Nations.

Link:- https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/34991/IndiaJapan+Summit+Joint+Statement+Partnership+for+a+Peaceful+Stable+and+Prosperous+PostCOVID+World

Japan’s Policy Change After My Letter to Prime Minister Kishida Fumio:

Now, if, we go through the entire Joint Statement dated 8 September 2022 of Second Japan-India 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting held in Tokyo, there was ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION AND NOT EVEN A SINGLE WORD ABOUT PAKISTAN, Mumbai or Pathankot attacks as can be perused at the link given below:

• Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister of Defense of Japan, Mr. HAMADA Yasukazu, Minister of Defence of India, Mr. Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, held the second Japan-India 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo on 8 September 2022.

• Acknowledging that global cooperation is required more than ever to address security challenges that have become more acute, the Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to a rules-based global order that respects sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, and emphasized the need for all countries to seek peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law without resorting to threat or use of force or any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo.

• The Ministers highlighted their commitment to a common strategic goal of achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific, that is inclusive and resilient, based on the rule of law and free from coercion. The Ministers also reiterated their strong support for ASEAN’s unity and centrality and their full support for the “ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP)” which upholds the principles such as the rule of law, openness, freedom, transparency and inclusiveness.

• The Ministers had a frank and fruitful discussion on the regional and global issues of mutual interests and concerns, particularly those in the Indo-Pacific as well as Ukraine. The Ministers strongly reaffirmed what their Prime Ministers recently committed to in their Joint Statement of 19 March 2022 (“Partnership for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Post-COVID World”) with respect to regional and global security challenges.

• While expressing its resolve to examine all options necessary for national defence, including so called “counterstrike capabilities,” the Japanese side expressed its determination to fundamentally reinforce Japan’s defence capabilities within the next five years and secure substantial increase of Japan’s defence budget needed to effect it. Acknowledging Japan’s determination to reinforce its defence capabilities, Indian side expressed its support to work towards enhanced security and defence cooperation.

• The Ministers noted with pleasure the progress made since the last meeting in November 2019 in the bilateral security and defence cooperation, which constitutes an important pillar of the Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership. They welcomed deepened cooperation discussed through the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Dialogue of February 2021, the Maritime Affairs Dialogue of September 2021, the Space Dialogue of November 2021, and the Cyber Dialogue of June 2022, respectively. Recognizing the importance of multi-layered dialogues between the two countries, they looked forward to having dialogues at an early date in areas such as Security Council reform with a view to strengthening the functions of the UN as a whole. They also acknowledged the importance of enhancing dialogues in the field of economic security.

• The Ministers noted the progress in the defence cooperation and exchanges between the two sides. The Ministers welcomed the participation of Japan for the first time in the multilateral exercise MILAN and the operationalization of the Agreement Concerning Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Indian Armed Forces in the exercise. The Ministers expressed their commitment to continuing bilateral and multilateral exercises including “Dharma Guardian”, JIMEX and “Malabar.” The Ministers noted with pleasure that the air services of the two countries are working closely for the early conduct of inaugural India-Japan fighter exercise. The Ministers also expressed their shared intention to make continuous efforts towards more complex and sophisticated bilateral exercise.

• The Ministers concurred to launch the Joint Service Staff Talks between the Japan Joint Staff and the Indian Integrated Defence Staff. The Ministers also committed to seek deeper cooperation on HA/DR and response to infectious diseases and pandemics. Acknowledging the potential of the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region, the Ministers looked forward to actively deepening multilateral coordination with liaison officers of other countries in the forum for enhanced maritime cooperation. The Ministers acknowledged the vast potential for the two countries to expand bilateral cooperation in the areas of defence equipment and technology cooperation. The Ministers further expressed satisfaction with the ongoing cooperation in the areas of Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)/Robotics and the Sixth Japan-India Joint Working Group on Defence Equipment and Technology Cooperation and concurred to further identify concrete areas for future cooperation in defence equipment and technology.

• The Ministers welcomed that the 2+2 meetings, through intensive discussions, have provided a strategic guidance for enhancing the Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and decided to hold the next 2+2 Ministerial Meeting in India.

LINK of the above-mentioned Joint Statement dated 8 September 2022 of Second Japan-India 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting held in Tokyo..https://www.mod.go.jp/en/article/2022/09/864acc478e56388af1f7b71c4166835f66dd8538.html

2. Story of the US Government’s policy change in favour of Pakistan after my letter dated 12 April 2022 to President Joe Biden:

Firstly, peruse the highly offensive language used against Pakistan in the relevant part of the Forth Annual US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Communique of 11 April 2022:

The Ministers strongly condemned any use of terrorist proxies and cross-border terrorism in all its forms and called for the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, and Pathankot attack, to be brought to justice. They called for concerted action against all terrorist groups, including groups proscribed by the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee, such as al-Qa’ida, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and Hizb ul Mujahideen. The Ministers called on Pakistan to take immediate, sustained, and irreversible action to ensure that no territory under its control is used for terrorist attacks.
Link:-https://www.state.gov/fourth-annual-u-s-india-22-ministerial-dialogue/

On the very next day on 12 April 2022 I sent the following letter to Joe Biden President of the United States tiled ‘An Open Letter to the President of the United States.
Link:- https://www.snayyar.com/an-open-letter-to-the-president-of-the-united-states.html

By the Grace of Allah (SWT) my above mentioned letter to President Joe Biden proved extremely impactful which is proved with the
Quad leaders-India Joint Statement dated 24 May 2022 which SPECIFICALLY OMITTED the name of PAKISTAN, as below:

MAY 24, 2022
Quad Joint
Leaders’ Statement
The White House

Para # 7

Relevant portion where specifically name of PAKISTAN was OMITTED:

We condemn unequivocally terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations and reiterate that there can be no justification for acts of terror on any grounds whatsoever. We denounce the use of terrorist proxies and emphasize the importance of denying any logistical, financial or military support to terrorist groups which could be used to launch or plan terror attacks, including cross-border attacks. We reiterate our condemnation of terrorist attacks, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks. We also reaffirm UNSC Resolution 2593 (2021), which demands that Afghan territory must never again be used to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or finance terrorist attacks.

Link:- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/24/quad-joint-leaders-statement/

COMPARISON:

Now compare the above language and wording of 24 May 2022 Quad Joint Leader’s statement of the White House with the 11 April 2022 US-INDIA communique where name of PAKISTAN is SPECIFICALLY mentioned in extremly HARSH language, which proves the favorable impact my letter to the American President had to in favourably moulding the US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan.

Concluding, I bow my head before Allah (SWT) for allowing me to serve the motherland in moulding towards Pakistan the foreign policy of America and Japan which was extremely inimical towards us, under the influence of Indian close relations.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
+92 321 9402157
Lahore.