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Pakistan Accepts NATO Summit Invitation
Source: Voice of America
Pakistan Accepts NATO Summit Invitation
VOA News
May 17, 2012
Pakistani officials say President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago. The decision comes after Pakistan's cabinet endorsed a last-minute invitation to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
NATO made the invitation to President Zardari earlier this week after Pakistan suggested it would soon reopen ground supply routes to international troops in Afghanistan.
Islamabad closed the supply routes to NATO nearly six months ago to protest U.S. airstrikes that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border.
Both sides are working to finalize a deal to end the blockade before the start of the NATO summit on Sunday. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Wednesday that some progress has been made in the negotiations.
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VOA News
May 17, 2012
Pakistani officials say President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago. The decision comes after Pakistan's cabinet endorsed a last-minute invitation to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
NATO made the invitation to President Zardari earlier this week after Pakistan suggested it would soon reopen ground supply routes to international troops in Afghanistan.
Islamabad closed the supply routes to NATO nearly six months ago to protest U.S. airstrikes that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border.
Both sides are working to finalize a deal to end the blockade before the start of the NATO summit on Sunday. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Wednesday that some progress has been made in the negotiations.
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