The US State Department dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s claims that America was involved in the no-confidence motion introduced in the National Assembly earlier this week. The charges, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price, are false, and the US respects and supports Pakistan’s constitutional process and the rule of law.

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Price’s remarks were repeated by the White House communications director, who stated that there is “absolutely no truth” to Khan’s assertions that the US is collaborating with Pakistan’s opposition to depose him.

Khan has been publicising a so-called threat letter from a “foreign country,” which he said was the US in an address to the nation. Referring to the letter, which he has yet to publicly release, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that it was evidence of a “international conspiracy” to depose him.

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“We are closely following developments in Pakistan, and we respect, we support Pakistan’s constitutional process and the rule of law,” Price said in response to the charges.

The answer follows a late-night event in which Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned US Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Snelsire and delivered him a demarche to protest the “foreign conspiracy” to depose Khan.

Pakistan’s top security body had previously indicated its plan to issue a stern demarche to an unnamed country in response to the letter.

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Pakistan’s relationship with the US is in shambles as a result of Khan and his aides, notably after denying an invitation to US President Joe Biden‘s democracy meeting in December and Islamabad’s persistent intervention in the Taliban setup, which Khan originally hailed as a win.

Khan said Sunday will be a watershed moment in the country’s political history, using words like “traitors” and “handlers” to describe the opposition and other countries. Sunday could be a watershed moment, if not for Pakistan, then for Imran Khan, whose departure from the top job appears to be near.