New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Former diplomat Vikas Swarup has described the United States' current relationship with Pakistan as a short-term, tactical arrangement driven largely by financial interests, while stressing that US-India ties remain strategic in nature.

In an interview with ANI, Swarup, a former High Commissioner to Canada and renowned author, said, "We have to look at the US' relationship with Pakistan in a different lens from the US' relationship with India. I believe the current relationship with Pakistan is tactical and short-term, primarily driven by the financial gain the Trump and Witkoff families hope to make from the cryptocurrency assets in Pakistan. I think the relationship with India is much more strategic. It is not so ...