NATO hopes Pakistan supply route to reopen soon

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NATO hopes Pakistan supply route to reopen soon
RUSSELS | Mon Oct 4, 2010 4:35am EDT

BRUSSELS Oct 4 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers last week and said he hoped Pakistan's border would reopen for NATO supplies to Afghanistan as soon as possible.

Angered by repeated attacks by NATO helicopters on militant targets within its borders, Pakistan blocked one of the supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan after one strike killed three Pakistani soldiers last week in the western Kurram region.

"I expressed my regret for the incident last week in which Pakistani soldiers lost their lives," Rasmussen said after a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. "I expressed my hope the border will be open for supplies as soon as possible; the foreign minister committed work on that for which I am very grateful."