WASHINGTON – US president Barack Obama has called Pakistan’s president to offer condolences over a Nato air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops and provoked a crisis in relations between the two countries.
Mr Obama told Asif Ali Zardari yesterday that the soldiers’ deaths were “regrettable” and accidental.
The comments stopped short of a formal apology but were aimed at soothing Pakistani fury over the November 26th incident.
“The president made clear that this regrettable incident was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan,” said the White House. – (Reuters)