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Pakistan conveys concerns to US over drone attacks
[Pak Daily Times] Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said Pakistain had emphatically conveyed to the United States its concerns over drone strikes. The FO said there was across-the-board political consensus in Pakistain that drone attacks in its tribal areas should be stopped. Addressing a weekly news briefing, Chaudhry said the prime minister had clearly called for an end to drone strikes. He said on the prime minister's instructions, the Special Assistant to the prime minister had summoned the US charge D'affairs to convey a strong message that the drone strikes violate Pakistain's illusory sovereignty, international law, UN Charter and the norms of inter-state relations. Protesting at the high level shows the importance the government attaches to this matter, he added. He said there was a growing international debate... an expenditure of personal wind at the national level that leads to face-making and other histrionics but can't be shown to have ever solved an issue ... over humanitarian and legal implications of drone strikes. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-14 |
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