Pakistan admitted Thursday that its relations with the US remained
tense in 2011 due to some incidents, including the US military's
unilateral raid to kill Osama bin Laden and the NATO attack on border
posts that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Foreign Office spokesman
Abdul Basit, while giving a review of foreign relations during 2011,
said the killing of two Pakistani nationals by American official Raymond
Davis in Lahore in February also badly affected bilateral relations,
Xinhua reported.
Pakistani and US media described Davis as
undercover CIA agent who was later freed after he agreed to pay
compensation to the families of the slain Pakistanis.
Refuting the
impression that Islamabad and Washington were not on talking terms,
Basit said: 'We are on speaking terms with the US and trying to put our
relations back on track.'
The spokesman said the Parliamentary
Committee on National Security was reviewing the relationship and Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said its recommendations would be
presented to a joint session of parliament for final approval.
He
said Pakistan wants good relations based on mutual respect and dignity,
and there would be no compromise on national integrity and sovereignty. IANS