US looks at relationships with India & Pakistan as two separate policy forums: US Charge d'Affaires

New Delhi: The United States considers its relationships with India and Pakistan as two "completely separate" policy forums and one is not dependent on the other, US Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones said on Friday.

In an interaction with a group of journalists, the senior-most American diplomat in India also said the recently announced US



financial package was for the maintenance of Pakistan's F-16 fighter jets and it was not for upgrade of the fleet.

"The United States looks at our relationship with India and the relationship with Pakistan as two completely separate policy forums and one is not dependent on the other or related to the other," Jones said.