Pakistan, which had denied knowledge of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, had a lot to explain in the aftermath of the killing of the dreaded terrorist on its soil, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
“I think Pakistan has a lot to explain on that score,” visiting External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters.
His comments came when he was asked to react to constant Pakistani claims that it was not aware of the whereabouts of the al-Qaeda chief, who was killed in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, on Monday by U.S. forces
Mr. Krishna, who is in Kuala Lumpur on a three-day official visit, made the one line comment after signing the fifth joint commission agreement with his Malaysian counterpart Anifah Aman.
The two Ministers, however, refused to take any questions at a joint press conference and instead read out a statement about the joint commission, leaving hordes of Malaysian and other international press disappointed as they wanted to quiz Mr. Krishna about Islamabad’s claims and related issues.
Mr. Krishna, in a statement on Monday, termed bin Laden’s killing as the “victorious milestone” in the global war against terrorism and said the world “must not let down” its united effort to eliminate the safe havens that have been provided to terrorists in its neighbourhood.
