ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting of the country’s political and military leadership was held at the Presidency on Monday here in Islamabad, DawnNews reported.

The meeting was presided by President Asif Ali Zardari while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani attended the meeting.

The army chief briefed the attendants of the details of his meeting with the Commander of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), General John Allen, a day earlier.

Ministers and secretaries from the defence, foreign and finance ministries were also present at the meeting.

According to sources, the high-level meeting discussed Pakistan’s relations with the US as well as the issue of resumption of ground routes for Nato supplies to Afghanistan.

Pakistan closed transit routes to Afghanistan after a Nato cross-border air attack last November killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at the Salala checkpost on the Pak-Afghan border.

The country has demanded a formal apology from the US for the cross-border attack before it reopens the supply routes, and has also called for an end to US drone strikes on its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had hinted on Friday that Pakistan could miss out on the important Nato summit in Chicago if it failed to reopen supply routes in time.

The conference in Chicago to be held on May 20-21, to be attended by more than 60 leaders and heads of state, is regarded as a crucial summit which will map out a future for Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw from the warn-ton country by the end of 2014.

US and Nato officials have said Pakistan may have to miss future Nato consultations as well if it failed to attend the Chicago summit.

The meeting comes after top military commanders from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Isaf had met here Sunday to discuss border control measures and mechanisms on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border.