Humiliated Zardari set to return empty handed from Nato

May 21, 2012 12:48

The deal to reopen the NATO supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan fell apart after U.S. President Barack Obama remained at loggerheads with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, refusing even to meet with him without an agreement on the supply routes.

Zardari, who flew to Chicago for a two-day NATO summit with hopes of meeting with Obama, is prepared to leave empty-handed, reports the New York Times. Pakistan had closed the NATO routes into Afghanistan after an US air raid last November killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, for which Obama has offered condolences but no apology.

"This breakdown in the U.S. and Pakistan relationship has come down to a fixation of this apology issue," said Vali Nasr, a former State Department adviser on Pakistan.

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