Bin Laden operation: US envoy summoned
US Embassy denies ambassador was summoned - says meeting was routine.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Thursday summoned United States Ambassador Cameron Munter to protest the Osama bin Laden operation carried out by US forces in Abbottabad.
Munter was summoned to the Foreign Office in Islamabad.
Express 24/7 correspondent, Sumera Khan reported that Foreign Office sources have said that the US ambassador had met with the Foreign Secretary and DG America. The foreign secretary lodged a formal protest against the US not taking Pakistan into confidence over the operation.
Spokesman for the US Embassy, Alberto Rodriguez denied that that Munter had been summoned and was at the foreign office for a formal meeting with the foreign secretary.
A team of elite US Navy SEALs swooped secretly into Abbottabad on May 2, shooting dead bin Laden nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The United States, on May 5, said that President Barack Obama reserved the right to take action again in Pakistan. Despite Islamabad’s complaints that the raid was unauthorized and unilateral, Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney said the president was prepared to target fugitives again if they are found in Pakistan.
Pakistan on Thursday summoned United States Ambassador Cameron Munter to protest the Osama bin Laden operation carried out by US forces in Abbottabad.
Munter was summoned to the Foreign Office in Islamabad.
Express 24/7 correspondent, Sumera Khan reported that Foreign Office sources have said that the US ambassador had met with the Foreign Secretary and DG America. The foreign secretary lodged a formal protest against the US not taking Pakistan into confidence over the operation.
Spokesman for the US Embassy, Alberto Rodriguez denied that that Munter had been summoned and was at the foreign office for a formal meeting with the foreign secretary.
A team of elite US Navy SEALs swooped secretly into Abbottabad on May 2, shooting dead bin Laden nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The United States, on May 5, said that President Barack Obama reserved the right to take action again in Pakistan. Despite Islamabad’s complaints that the raid was unauthorized and unilateral, Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney said the president was prepared to target fugitives again if they are found in Pakistan.