Islamabad bars Grossman to visit Pakistan

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US State Department said on Tuesday that Pakistan had refuses to allow Grossman to visit Pakistan.

18 January,2012 05:02 am

According to the US State Department spokesperson, Islamabad had refused to welcome US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman.The Washington Post reported earlier Tuesday that Pakistan had turned down a US request for Ambassador Grossman to visit Islamabad during his current trip to the region that started this week. Mr Grossman is consulting US allies in the greater Middle East region on a move to involve the Taliban in the Afghan reconciliation process.The development indicates further deterioration in a relationship which has continued to decline at a regular pace since the May 2 US raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. The decline became rapid after the November 26 NATO raid on a Pakistani military post that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.