US tenders apology on airport incident

US Under Secretary of State for Defence called Pakistan’s Secretary Defence to apologise for the incident.


September 03, 2010

The United States on Thursday tendered a formal apology for the mistreatment meted out to Pakistan’s military delegation at a US airport that led to cancellation of official visit.

Sources in the defence ministry told The Express Tribune that Michelle Flournoy, US Under Secretary of State for Defence called Pakistan’s Secretary Defence Lt Gen (retired) Syed Athar Ali to apologise for the incident that had strained relations between the two countries at military level.

An eight-member high-powered military delegation had cancelled an official trip to the US after authorities there humiliated members of the delegation.

The US security officials detained a brigadier at Washington’s Dulles Airport on a complaint by a passenger who said he did not feel safe sharing the flight with the delegation, reports said.

Lt-Gen (retd) Syed Athar Ali expressed serious concern over the incident and emphasised the need for an institutionalised mechanism where such happenings could be averted.

Ms Flournoy assured the secretary defence that all necessary measures will be institutionalised after mutual consultations to avoid recurrence of any untoward incident in the future.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2010.

COMMENTS (5)

RAW | 13 years ago | Reply Yet another scam by the Americans to humiliate Pakistan. I've had enough of their rubbish. Will someone stand up and teach those bloody Americans a lesson?
Sultan Ahmed. | 13 years ago | Reply Pakistan is a independent state, it has elected government,armed with nuclear weapons with brave army fighting with terrorists, number one front line ally in the war against terror so deserve a due respect. You( airport authority) should respect,but you didn't, now have tendered apology ok,acceptable. make arrangements,avoiding such incident in the future.
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