‘We continue to have tensions in our relationship, and we work through them because we have so many important shared bilateral interests, and those are economic and security related,’ the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney said on Monday.
‘It is in both nations’ interests, we believe, to strengthen the relationship between our two countries, which is what we’re trying to do,’ Carney said responding to questions on the death of Mehsud.
The United States continues to neither confirm nor deny the death of Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) leader Mehsud. The US had declared a reward of $5 million on him and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) considered him as one of the world’s most wanted terrorists.
‘I’m not going to confirm those reports one way or the other about Hakimullah Mehsud,’ State Department Deputy- Spokesperson, Marie Harf, told reporters.
Carney too did not confirm the drone strike that killed Mehsud, in line with normal practice in such attacks, but said that the TTP leader had a long list of extremist credentials, including a failed bombing in Times Square, New York, in 2010.
‘It is in both nations’ interests, we believe, to strengthen the relationship between our two countries, which is what we’re trying to do,’ Carney said responding to questions on the death of Mehsud.
The United States continues to neither confirm nor deny the death of Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) leader Mehsud. The US had declared a reward of $5 million on him and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) considered him as one of the world’s most wanted terrorists.
‘I’m not going to confirm those reports one way or the other about Hakimullah Mehsud,’ State Department Deputy- Spokesperson, Marie Harf, told reporters.
Carney too did not confirm the drone strike that killed Mehsud, in line with normal practice in such attacks, but said that the TTP leader had a long list of extremist credentials, including a failed bombing in Times Square, New York, in 2010.