Complex issues April 24, 2021 Foreign policy is too complex an issue to be discussed by ministers with a political or extremist religious party protesting on the streets. This crisis in which Pakistan has been involved is a self-inflicted wound. It was highly irresponsible for federal ministers and others to get involved with an extremist group. Diplomatic relations exist between the countries that enjoy cordial relations and between those that have tense relations. Even countries engaged in war have to sit at the table with their adversaries to negotiate the terms of ceasefire. We cannot isolate ourselves from the comity of nations.