ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday underlined that US
must understand ground realties in Pakistan following the killing of
OBL in Abbottabad.
He expressed these views during his meeting
with US Special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador
Marc Grossman at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday.
US Ambassador in
Islamabad Mr. Cameron P. Munter was also present during the meeting
besides other US officials. Pak side included Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh,
Federal Minister for Finance, Mr. A. Rehman Malik, Federal Minister for
Interior, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, MOS for Foreign Affairs, and Mr.
Hussain Haqqani, Pak Ambassador in US.
The meeting was in the
context of follow up of Senator John Kerry’s meeting with the President
on May 16 in which the two sides agreed to put the relations back on
track and that the relations should go forward on the basis of mutual
respect, mutual trust and mutual interest.
According to
sources, President told Grossman that US must understand ground
realities without pressure in Abbotabad operation adding raising eye
brows and pointing fingers at Armed Forces of Pakistan will augment
difficulties.
He said that Al-Qaeda gave maximum loss to Pakistan hence it is need of the hour to diffuse tension and move forward.
Envoy
Marc Grossman discussed the situation with President after killing of
bin Laden in Abbottabad. He also talked about the impact of the US
special forces operation in Pakistan over the war on terror and the
regional situations, sources said.
President Asif Ali Zardari
has reiterated his call for Pakistan and United States to remain
focused on the path of pursuing multifaceted and durable strategic ties
for the realization of shared objectives than to be swayed by isolated
incidents, sources said.
Sources told Online that President
also met Hussain Haqqani, Pak Ambassador in US and discussed with him
the impact after OBL killing adding we have showed our grave concern to
the US regarding the entire episode thick and thin. Online
