The U.S. drone attack on Pakistan’s soil to kill Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour is detrimental to bilateral ties, Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif said on Wednesday.
Gen. Sharif told this to U.S. Ambassador David Hale who visited the military’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Army said, adding that the situation arising after U.S. drone strike in Balochistan on May 22 came under discussion.
“While expressing his serious concerns over the said drone strike, the Chief of the Army Staff said such acts of sovereignty violations are detrimental to relations between both countries and are counter-productive for ongoing peace process,” the Army said. It is for the first time that Army has spoken on the issue.
