Monday, May 21, 2012

No Agreement With Pakistan On Opening It's Supply Lines For NATO

NATO says it is working with Pakistan to reopen NATO supply as soon as possible. PHOTO: REUTERS

At NATO Summit, Warm Welcome For Most Leaders, But Not Pakistan's -- L.A. Times

President Obama won't meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. officials are furious over Pakistan's refusal to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan.

CHICAGO — As thousands of protesters marched in the streets, President Obama welcomed more than 60 world leaders to his heavily guarded hometown for a NATO summit that will start the clock for America and its allies to begin pulling combat troops from Afghanistan.

The two-day summit, the largest in the 63-year history of the military alliance, came as White House officials made it clear they were furious overPakistan's continued refusal to reopen ground routes used to move fuel and other war supplies into Afghanistan, a six-month standoff that the White House had hoped to resolve before Obama arrived in Chicago.

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More News On The U.S. And Pakistan Not Agreeing To Open Supply Lines

Barack Obama 'snubs Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari over Nato border crossing issue' -- The Telegraph
No Meeting With Obama for Pakistan's President -- Voice of America
U.S. rejects high Pakistan fees for supply routes: Official. -- Defense News
U.S.-Pakistan Supply Route Battle Mars NATO Summit -- International Business Times
Pakistan supply routes row hits Nato summit -- BBC
Nato summit: US-Pakistan rift widens over supply lines into Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Nato urges Pakistan to reopen supply route -- The Telegraph
US-Pakistan rift complicates NATO summit in Chicago -- FOX News
Panetta to confront Pakistan on transport charges -- Stars and Stripes
NATO Summit Opens With No Deal on Pakistan Supply Lines -- New York Times
Supply Lines Cast Shadow at NATO Meeting on Afghan War -- New York Times
Obama Fails to Settle Pakistan Dispute at NATO Summit -- New York Magazine
Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan -- New York Daily News
Pakistan hands US 'five demands' for normalising broken relations -- News Track India
Pakistan to seek $1bn CSF funds from NATO -- Pak Tribune
Why Pakistan still hasn't reopened NATO supply lines -- Mahvish Ahmad, Christian Science Monitor

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