Washington, June 16 (ANI): Leading American Senator John McCain has reportedly slammed the Obama administration for damaging the relationship between Washington and Islamabad.
McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, also accused the administration of 'antagonising the Pakistanis' with an 'in your face attitude'.
He said the administration's encouragement of India taking a more active role in Afghanistan while simultaneously slamming Pakistan could be a 'recipe for disaster'.
"To further antagonise Pakistan unnecessarily is not something I would particularly think is appropriate," The Nation quoted McCain, as saying.
"It's a very delicate situation, one in which I would be very careful what we say publicly, especially because the Pakistanis 'are supporting organisations that are killing Americans'," he said.
"I would have nurtured this relationship with India sort of the way we have been for years, rather than sort of antagonising the Pakistanis even more with this kind of in your face attitude," he added.
McCain stressed that while the Pakistan often acts counter to US interests, it "doesn't mean that we also cut off all relations with Pakistan because then it could become even more unstable and we could have even greater challenges since they have a nuclear inventory, among other things."
McCain's statement came after US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said in Afghanistan last week that the US was 'reaching the limits of our patience' with Pakistan, which he accused of providing 'safe havens' for groups that launch attacks on American forces.
Panetta had earlier stopped in New Delhi, where he encouraged the Indian government to take a 'more active role' in training police and other reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. (ANI)
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