[Geo News] US embassy in Islamabad has denied suspension of high-level dialogue with Pakistain over the case of an American jugged on murder charges, Geo News reported on Tuesday."No, no! Certainly not!"
Talking to Geo News, spokeswoman for the embassy said that US is engaged in high-level contacts with Pakistain over Raymond Davis case.
She further said that US is also engaged in high-level dialogues to resolve Davis issue besides other agenda items.
To a question, she said that Raymond Davis case would not affect Pak-US relations.
She refused to comment on the arms recovered from the Davis custody.
US suspends all high-level dialogue with Pakistan
[Geo News] US government has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan over the case of an American detained on murder charges, US and Pakistani officials quoted as saying by a Washington based US daily.The case of American killer, Raymond Davis, has severely strained relations between the two governments and threatens to scuttle a planned summit among US, Afghan and Pakistani leaders scheduled for the end of this month in Washington, the newspaper reported.
The report said: "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton canceled a meeting last weekend with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at an international security conference in Munich to protest Davis' detention, according to officials from both countries who were not authorized to discuss the situation on the record".
"Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has also been summoned twice to the White House for formal complaints and demands that Pakistan recognize Davis's diplomatic immunity and release him immediately."
Davis, 36, holds a diplomatic passport and is a member of the "technical and administrative staff" at the US Embassy in Islamabad "entitled to full criminal immunity in accordance with the Vienna Convention," the State Department said Monday.
The administration and Congress, the statement said, "have repeatedly made clear at the highest levels that this matter must be resolved by the Pakistan government or it could impact other bilateral initiatives."