‘They may have some illusions’: Shashi Tharoor mocks Donald Trump’s ‘large oil reserve’ deal with Pakistan, says ‘I wish them luck’ | India News

Shashi Tharoor (File picture)

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday mocked US President Donald Trump’s declare of a deal with Pakistan to develop “massive oil reserves,” saying the Americans may be beneath an phantasm. “Let them look,” Tharoor remarked, including, “I wish them luck.”Trump had introduced on Truth Social that the US had concluded a commerce deal with Pakistan and would work with the nation to discover its “massive oil reserves”, a declare that raised eyebrows given the dearth of recognized large-scale oil discoveries within the area.“We are in the process of choosing the oil company that will lead this partnership,” Trump mentioned. “Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling oil to India some day!”Reacting to the announcement, Tharoor mentioned, “They may have some illusions about finding oil in Pakistan. We were all one country once, but I’ve not seen any report that there was a great deal of oil to be found in what is today Pakistan.”He added, “Let them do what they want with other countries; what matters to me is what they do with our country.”Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the event, calling it a “historic” settlement and expressing hope that it might deepen ties between Islamabad and Washington.Despite Pakistan’s claims of untapped oil potential alongside its shoreline, the nation continues to rely closely on imports to satisfy its power wants.