Top-level US-Pak Talks Underway to Negotiate Settlement on Davis Standoff

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Source: Sify news

A top-level dialogue between the United States and Pakistan is underway to excogitate a settlement on the sensitive Raymond Davis issue.

The talks were made public after the US Ambassador in Islamabad, Cameron Munter, called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday and delivered an important message from Washington, The Express Tribune quoted a source, as saying.


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The former diplomat also cited three major developments that indicated leniency on part of Pakistan: (a) It refrained from prosecuting Davis on espionage charges despite the fact that he was put on trial for the Lahore killings (b) Pakistan is no longer demanding the custody of the three US nationals who went into hiding after crushing to death another Pakistani citizen (c) Spying charges were not pressed against another US national Aaron Mark De Haven, who was arrested in Peshawar despite having been found to be involved in questionable activities.

However, the veteran diplomat warned that it would be a "mistake to read this display as an indication that the trust issues have been resolved between the two intelligence agencies".

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