ISLAMABAD: The US Ambassador Cameron Munter and Foreign Minister Hina
Rabbani Khar Thursday hold discussion on matters relating to bilateral
relations especially Pakistan’s re-engagement with the US.
Amid
the ongoing parliamentary process pertaining to readjustment of
Pakistan-US relations and rumors in this connection, Munter called on
the Foreign Minister here.
The Foreign Minister underscored that
the Parliamentary process would give public ownership to the
re-engagement, and transparency and predictability in Pakistan’s
relations with the United States.
The ambassador said that the
US fully respected the Parliamentary process and was looking forward to
putting Pakistan-US relations back on track on the basis of mutual
respect.
They also discussed the situation in Afghanistan and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul.
NATO/ISAF
attack on Salala left 24 Pakistani soldiers killed at the dawn of
November 26 that triggered tension between Washington and Islamabad.
As
a reaction Pakistan blocked NATO supply via Pakistani soil to
landlocked Afghanistan. And it ordered US to vacate Shamsi airbase in
southern part of the country.
The blockade of NATO supply
created problems not only for US but also for the foreign soldiers of
other countries in Afghanistan.
US tried to convince Pakistan by
what it termed as an independent probe into the incident Salala but
Islamabad rejected outcome of the report. So far US has failed seek
apology for the incident.
Pakistani government assigned the task
to the parliament and it’s Parliamentary Committee on National Security
(PCNS) to review the foreign policy and relations with US.
PCNS
has finalized its recommendations and tabled it in the parliament
demanding of US to seek apology and strictly calling CIA-backed drone
attacks.
Pakistan has already termed the attacks as illegal,
counterproductive and violation of its sovereignty. Pakistani foreign
office and the foreign minister on so many occasion had said that the
drone attack should be stopped. US enjoys only upper-hand on militants
due to its technology. Online
