Contents of ‘risk letter’ should not be made public: FO

Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke concerning the letter throughout his dwell telecast Friday night and defined what a cipher is — a coded message despatched by embassies to their nation.

In keeping with the overseas ministry, the coded message despatched by the ambassador should not be revealed.

Sources stated “The Overseas Workplace thinks overwhelmingly that the overseas secretary should not make public the contents of the (coded) telegram dated March 7.”

“The ambassadors ought to be inspired to share their assessments primarily based on their interactions with their interlocutors of the host nations, and any step opposite to this may be detrimental to the nationwide curiosity,” stated the official.

He stated that that is practised all around the world. “An envoy’s cable isn’t launched for political functions. There may be not a single instance of this,” he added.

Using messages about diplomatic interactions would inhibit the host nations’ officers from interacting with their Pakistani counterparts, whose job is to maintain their headquarters up to date with info related to their nation.