Washington February 9:
The US has denied reports that it has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan after Islamabad refused to release an American diplomat detained on possible murder charges.
"We continue contact with Pakistan to express the importance of resolving the case of a US diplomat in accordance with international law," State Department spokesman P J Crowley posted on Twitter yesterday afternoon. Crowley's tweet came hours after The Washington Post reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cancelled a meeting last weekend with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at an international security conference in Munich, in protest of the arrest of its diplomat Raymond Allen Davis.
The US insists that Davis has diplomatic immunity, which is not being honoured by Pakistan. "Not true," a senior administration official said when asked about The Post's report and similar news items published today.
The US has denied reports that it has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan after Islamabad refused to release an American diplomat detained on possible murder charges.
"We continue contact with Pakistan to express the importance of resolving the case of a US diplomat in accordance with international law," State Department spokesman P J Crowley posted on Twitter yesterday afternoon. Crowley's tweet came hours after The Washington Post reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cancelled a meeting last weekend with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at an international security conference in Munich, in protest of the arrest of its diplomat Raymond Allen Davis.
The US insists that Davis has diplomatic immunity, which is not being honoured by Pakistan. "Not true," a senior administration official said when asked about The Post's report and similar news items published today.
