The Trump administration put US clout and incentives into landing the country-by-country pacts by four Arab states last year. The Biden administration saw significant prospects of several other Arab governments signing accords soothing and normalising relations with Israel.
“By turning a blind eye to the PRC’s gross human rights violations in Xinjiang, the [International Olympic Committee] is betraying its own charter and legitimizing the PRC’s actions at a time when the international community should be lock-step in condemnation,” Meeks said in a statement on Monday.
Other components of the Senate bill that aren’t addressed in Meeks’s include a report on the origins of COVID-19 and language on Taiwan.
“The initial House version of the legislation is not as strong as it could be on several key issues from our support for Taiwan’s democracy, to an appropriate response to Beijing’s genocide against the Uyghurs. We need to come together in a bipartisan manner to respond with tough legislation that holds the [Chinese Communist Party] accountable for its aggression toward its neighbors and its abuses at home,” said Rep. Steve Chabot
Qureshi discusses regional issues with Chairman of US House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Weldon
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a discussion with the Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives Gregory Weldon Meeks on Thursday via video link.
During the conversation, they exchanged views on Pakistan-US bilateral relations, the rising trend of Islamophobia, and important regional and global issues.
In his remarks, Qureshi said that Pakistan and the United States have a long-standing bilateral relationship, and have similar views on peace in the region.
The foreign minister said that Pakistan is desirous of peace in the region including in Afghanistan.
A potential fall of Kabul is the crisis most likely to lead to military intervention after U.S. troops leave, officials said. Intervening to protect Kandahar, Afghanistans second-largest city, would be far less certain, one official said. Encroaching Taliban forces have increasingly threatened several other urban hubs in almost every corner of the country in recent months.