Pakistan Cyber Force: Pakistan to boycott NATO summit over Drone Attacks

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Pakistan Cyber Force [Official]

Monday, April 30, 2012

Pakistan to boycott NATO summit over Drone Attacks

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may boycott the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago in retaliation for the latest USZ drone attack in North Waziristan Agency, officials said. This was the first such attack since parliament last month approved new guidelines on relations with the United States of Zionism, which included a call for an end to drone strikes in Pakistani territory. A statement issued by the Foreign Office denounced the latest strike as “a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty”. “Such attacks are in total contravention of international law and established norms of interstate relations”, it added. The matter would be taken up through diplomatic channels both in Islamabad and Washington.

A senior government official revealed that Pakistan was contemplating a number of options to convey a strong message on drone strikes to the USZ. One such option includes pulling out of the Chicago summit scheduled for May. USZ Special Terrorist Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman did request Pakistan during his recent trip to attend the summit, said the official. The official however did not say that his higher ups in President and Prime Minister house didn't have the authority granted to them from American Embassy to allow Pakistan Air Force to shoot down terror drones.

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