Emira
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- Jul 8, 2018
- 818
Top Secret and Encrypted Message from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
To: Juan Desilva, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil,
From: Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
From: Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Hello Minister Desilva, I hope this message finds both you and your wonderful nation well. I'm writing to engage in a broad discussion regarding the current international situation, the appointment of a new Pakistani Ambassador to Brazil, further offsetting civil and military deals, and increase of Pakistani investment within and tourism to Brazil. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan views Brazil as a vital strategic partner and ally and it's my hope that we can engage in these types of informal dialogues to ensure both of our nation's are on the same page in terms of foreign policy and also with an aim to increase bilateral commerce and general positive interaction between our two nations. So I hope that this will be the start of long and fruitful conversations between you and I from time to time, in order to not only maintain, but also strengthen and build upon the strong relations that our two nations leaders built during their recent summit.
In terms of foreign policy, while Pakistan does not interfere within the domestic affairs of our allies, friends, and partners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is somewhat concerned that the recent Brazilan policy to not extend a travel visa program to a range of nations could adversely affect your nations large tourism industry and potentially make securing foreign investment, technology, expertise, etc, more difficult to acquire from the nation's effected by your recent policy. While Pakistan firmly believes that Brazil and any nation has a right to set their own domestic policy, as a friend Pakistan feels it necessary to advise that Brazil should consider engaging with several of the nation's currently under restriction by your government, as several are nations Pakistan would consider neutral to Brazilian interests and are also nations with high volumes of tourists and also have willing suppliers of technology both civil and military. Pakistan asks only that Brazil take a closer look at your list of banned nations, as we are worried that this policy could harm Brazil's vibrant tourism industry, while a number of the nation's on the list in our opinion are also not hostile to Brazilian interests in the opinion of the ISI. This is just our opinion and your decision regarding this matter has no barring on Brazilian-Pakistani relations.
To that end, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan would like to help Brazil and boost the amount of tourists traveling from Pakistan to Brazil. Therefore we feel that it would make sense for PIA and perhaps other Pakistani carriers to establish several routes to major Brazilian cities, to promote tourism to Brazil and to supply the increasing demand for business travel to and from Brazil and Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan is also making the growth of PIA a paramount concern and PIA and the government are looking to acquire several dozen Embraer E195-E2 narrow-body jet airliners from Brazil, with the cost being offset by the purchase of products from Pakistan, which can be negotiated further. The Government of Pakistan hopes that this will not only fuel greater tourism and business travel between our two nations, but will lead to even greater investment between our two nations, within our respective economies. While I can also say that the Pakistan Armed Forces are also interested in offset purchases of additional Brazilian armaments, with negotiations again being able to take place at once.
I would also like to get your opinion on the current global climate and global happenings. What is of interest, concern, etc, to Brazil at the moment? As I would like to analyze Pakistan's own position on these matters and discuss them with you.
Finally, I would like to announce that with his retirement from the Pakistan Army, Lt. General (Ret) Asad Durrani, has been appointed as Pakistan's Ambassador to Brazil. I trust that having built relationships with your leadership, the retired General will serve the interests of Pakistan within Brazil well, as we usher in an even brighter new golden era of cooperation and collaboration between our two nations!
Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan