WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is not considering offering formal condolences to Pakistan over the deaths of 24 soldiers in a Nato airstrike last week, a report in the New York Times stated.
The report, quoting administration officials, said that Cameron Munter, the United States Ambassador in Pakistan, had requested the White House to issue a formal video statement from Barack Obama so that rapid deterioration of relations between the two countries could be prevented.
The White House, however, refused the request and said that expressions of remorse offered by senior administration officials and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton were enough.
The US president was unlikely to say anything further on the matter in the coming days, the officials told New York Times. — DawnNews
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