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May 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“We are trying to put this relationship, you know, in a positive zone and I am
quite sure that we will be successful in doing so.”
Pakistan has made what have so far been futile calls for an end to US drone
strikes targeting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda on its soil and a formal apology
for the November killings.
But analysts say it has no choice but to reopen the border when US cash is
needed to help boost state coffers ahead of the next budget.
Asked whether Islamabad would allow a resumption of Nato supplies, Information
minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said a decision would be made within days.
“There are a lot of sensitivities,” he told reporters. “How we can share
things with you which are under discussion? We will share it in the next
three to four days.”
The US State Department said both countries have made “considerable progress”
on the issue.
On Monday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani briefed President Asif Ali
Zardari, army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani and ministers about his
visit to Britain, the second largest contributor to the Nato mission in
Afghanistan.
The presidency said the talks discussed “regional security” but did not refer
explicitly to Nato.
Pakistani and US officials spent the weekend locked in talks on reaching an
understanding to govern fees, logistics and other obligations should trucks
again carry NATO supplies through Pakistan.
The supply line negotiating team arrived in the country with US special envoy
Marc Grossman, who visited in April, and stayed on after he left, officials
said.
“Our team is still in Islamabad working on the land route issue. They are not
yet finished with the Pakistanis. But we’re having a full review,” a US
State Department spokeswoman said.
Pakistan’s defence committee of the cabinet, the country’s top civilian and
military leaders, is to meet Tuesday to discuss ending the blockade and
repairing US relations.
Pakistan’s parliament has demanded an end to US drone strikes on Pakistani
soil, but American officials consider the attacks a vital weapon in the war
on Al-Qaeda.
Islamabad reiterated Monday that it would still like an apology for the
November air strikes with the foreign minister saying it was “on the table”.
The United States has expressed regret for the deaths, which an American and
Nato investigation said stemmed from mistakes made on both sides.
In a further sign that tensions are easing, Pakistan on Sunday hosted the most
senior talks with Nato and the Afghan military in nearly a year.
US General John Allen, the NATO commander in Afghanistan, said he was “very
encouraged” by the talks, which concentrated on improving border
coordination.
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