Saturday, April 14, 2012

US willing to discuss issues, demands raised by Pakistan after ties review completed

With Pakistan finally completing its review of foreign policy, for its part, the US has indicated its willingness to discuss and find a middle ground to address issues raised by the Parliament.
Addressing reporters at the daily press briefing, State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said that the US wants to discuss the breadth of issues raised in Pakistan’s parliamentary review.
While declining to address the issue of drone strikes, Toner maintained that the US would discuss civilian and counterterrorism cooperation with the Government of Pakistan.
Shahrukh Khan was delayed, not detained
On the subject of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan being delayed at a New York airport, Toner said that he was delayed while getting off of the plane, but had not been detained, and that the State Department had apologised.
He said that the Indian Embassy had reached out to them on the matter. Toner said that they respected Shahrukh Khan’s work as an actor and as a humanitarian.

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