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Saturday, June 30, 2012
US ready to discuss Salala apologyISLAMABAD: The US is ready to hold talks on apology over Salala’s incident, which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and some progress has been made in this connection, sources in the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. They said that talks on guaranteeing that Salala-like incidents would not happen again and steps to ensure stopping cross-border intrusions have already started. Asked as whether the US would be ready to seek an apology over Salala incident, US embassy spokesman Mark Stroh never rejected the possibility, but said that indeed this is a political level question and version at this stage is not possible. He told Daily Times that Washington is supporting border coordination and it wants that mishap should not take place in future. To a question as whether the US is going to discuss apology, he said that Washington is ready for further talks when Pakistan would be ready as negotiations at technical level were concluded. Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Khan said some progress had been made on all issues between the two sides. imdad hussain
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk