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Davis case won't derail talks, hopes Pakistan
[Pak Daily Times] Pakistain expressed the hope on Sunday that its growing row with the United States over a jugged US embassy employee will not scuttle its crucial talks with Washington and Kabul on efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
The US had, on Saturday, postponed the meeting, which was to have taken place the next week. The FO front man said, "We hope one person would not drive Pakistain-US relations and we hope we would not be losing sight of the strategic imperative of our relations." He declined comment on what the escalating diplomatic spat means for the Davis case or for relations with the US. The US did not directly cite Davis' continued detention as the reason, but US diplomats have said the talks could become a casualty of the dispute. However, The infamous However... US State Department front man, PJ Crowley, said, "US hopes to reschedule the meeting soon." On Friday, a court ordered Davis be held in jail for 14 more days, in a sign of deepening row that could threaten US assistance to the country, one of the largest non-NATO recipients of American military aid. The US says Davis' arrest is a violation of international conventions because he has diplomatic immunity, while Islamabad says the matter will be decided by its courts. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-14 |
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