A Pakistani soldier stands near a compound where it is believed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. – AP

PARIS: The fact that Osama bin Laden went completely unnoticed before he was killed shows that Pakistan's position on the al Qaeda leader has lacked clarity, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday.

“I find it a little difficult to imagine that the presence of someone like bin Laden in a big compound in a relatively small town could go completely unnoticed,” Juppe said.

“This is something we're asking ourselves.”

"Pakistan's position lacks clarity in our view, I hope that we will have more clarity," he added.

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