US denies claim by Pak daily that Munter met Hafiz Saeed

May 10, 2012 01:34

The US Embassy today categorically rejected an op-ed article's claim in a Pakistani daily that Ambassador Cameron Munter had met Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed.

"Ambassador Munter has never met with Hafiz Saeed. No US official has made any promises to, or agreements with, Hafiz Saeed," said a statement issued by the US Embassy. The statement was issued in response to an op-ed article in the Urdu daily Jang titled "For how long?", that claimed Munter had met Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack and founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The statement added: "Hafiz Saeed is a wanted terrorist responsible for the deadly attack on Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166, including six Americans. He is subject to UN Security Council Resolution 1267/1989 sanctions. There is an international responsibility to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice."

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