The Republic of Balochistan’s Open Joint Letter to the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China Urging an End to Military Assistance and Financial Aid to Pakistan
To:
The Honorable Donald J. Trump,
President of the United States of America
and
His Excellency Xi Jinping,
President of the People’s Republic of China
15 August, 2026
Pakistan’s military establishment has lied to the world and deliberately spread disinformation by denying the air strikes carried out in Surab on 12 August 2026, which resulted in the killing of 30 innocent Baloch civilians, including women and children.
Pakistan’s lies are nothing new. Its military establishment previously misled the three U.S. administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump regarding the presence and activities of Osama bin Laden. Pakistan is also misleading China about the grim situation in Balochistan and about the CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor), where Pakistan’s own military is unable to travel by road after 6 p.m. Pakistan has lost ground control across Balochistan. Now, Islamabad’s military is deliberately targeting Baloch civilians by conducting air strike using US and Chinese produced fighter Jets and technology.
The Trump administration must not trust Pakistan or provide relief to its corrupt and terrorist state, which supports terrorism and has been involved in the killing of thousands of U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan.
in post 9/11.
The Republic of Balochistan urges the United States to reconsider its longstanding military assistance to Pakistan. Under the Peace Gate I and II programs, Washington provided Pakistan with 40 F-16A/B fighters between 1983 and 1987. In 2006, the United States approved a further package including 18 F-16C/D Block 52s, modernization of 34 existing F-16s under the MLU program, AIM-120C missiles, and maintenance, technical, and engine-support assistance, with the broader package valued at approximately $5 billion. These capabilities must not be used against Baloch civilians.
China has likewise provided Pakistan with extensive military assistance since the 1960s, including approximately 165 MiG-19 fighters and other weapons and equipment valued at around $200 million by the early 1970s. These aircraft were used against the Balochistan freedom movement in Kohistan Marri and Jhalawan. China later became Pakistan’s principal defense partner, supplying F-7s, A-5s, K-8s, missiles, naval systems, and the jointly developed JF-17 Thunder. In 2015, China agreed to supply Pakistan with eight Yuan-class submarines in a deal reportedly worth approximately $5 billion. The Republic of Balochistan urges Beijing to ensure that its military assistance and technology are not used to suppress the homegrown liberation movement of Balochistan.
The Republic of Balochistan urges the United States to reconsider its longstanding military assistance to Pakistan. Under the Peace Gate I and II programs, Washington provided Pakistan with 40 F-16A/B fighters between 1983 and 1987. In 2006, the United States approved a further package including 18 F-16C/D Block 52s, modernization of 34 existing F-16s under the MLU program, AIM-120C missiles, and maintenance, technical, and engine-support assistance, with the broader package valued at approximately $5 billion. These capabilities must not be used against Baloch civilians.
China has likewise provided Pakistan with extensive military assistance since the 1960s, including approximately 165 MiG-19 fighters and other weapons and equipment valued at around $200 million by the early 1970s. These aircraft were used against the Balochistan freedom movement in Kohistan Marri and Jhalawan. China later became Pakistan’s principal defense partner, supplying F-7s, A-5s, K-8s, missiles, naval systems, and the jointly developed JF-17 Thunder. In 2015, China agreed to supply Pakistan with eight Yuan-class submarines in a deal reportedly worth approximately $5 billion. The Republic of Balochistan urges Beijing to ensure that its military assistance and technology are not used to suppress the homegrown liberation movement of Balochistan.
For decades, successive Pakistani governments and military administrations have possessed and employed military equipment, aircraft, weapons, technology, and logistical capabilities obtained primerily from foreign partners in offensive operations and state terrorism against the Baloch nation. The Republic of Balochistan maintains that Pakistan and Balochistan are separate nations and that Pakistan has no legitimate authority over Balochistan’s territory, sea and air space. The Republic therefore urges the United States and China two of the world’s most powerful states and permanent members of the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) to recognize the consequences of continuing military assistance to the rogue state of Pakistan, particularly where such assistance is being massively utilized against Baloch civilians. We are deeply concerned by video footage and reports showing Pakistan Air Force air strikes recently in the Surab area of Balochistan in which civilians, including women and children, are massacred. The Republic of Balochistan regards attacks deliberately directed against civilians as grave violations of international humanitarian law and, where established by the facts, as acts that fall within the legal definition of war crimes.
The Republic of Balochistan further emphasizes that it is not opposed to legitimate international investment, economic cooperation, trade, or development. However, if the United States, China, or any other state seeks access to Balochistan’s natural resources, infrastructure, ports, air bases, critical minerals, energy, or markets, such engagement should take place through dialogue with only the Baloch people and their legitimate political representatives not through military, financial, or technological support for invading entity of Pakistan. If foreign governments provide Pakistan with military capabilities while simultaneously pursuing economic interests in Balochistan, the Republic considers this unacceptable and calls for an immediate reassessment of such policies. No external power should be permitted, in our view, to use military assistance to strengthen the occupational forces of Pakistan in a disputed political conflict while simultaneously benefiting from the territory and resources of the Republic of Balochistan.
The Republic of Balochistan therefore calls upon Washington and Beijing to stop providing military assistance that could contribute to violations against Baloch civilians, establish transparent mechanisms to ensure that transferred weapons and aircraft are not used to suppress the homegrown liberation movement and against civilian populations.
We further urge international community and our immediate neighbours to formally recognize Balochistan as a free and sovereign country and to pursue trade, investment, defense, and other relations with the Baloch people on the basis of political dialogue, mutual respect, economic partnership, and the principles of international law rather than through military support to the roque state of Pakistan.
THE REPUBLIC OF BALOCHISTAN
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