UN voices concern over US attacks

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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over cross-border attacks on suspected militant targets inside Pakistan by the United States.

“The secretary-general is concerned,” his spokesperson Michele Montas said at a noon briefing when asked to clarify media reports in Pakistan quoting her as saying that the latest attack was a “bilateral issue”.

Ms Montas said that on Thursday when her attention was drawn to the strike deep inside Pakistani territory she said that she would not comment as Pakistan had taken up the matter with the United States bilaterally.

She did not say that the attack was a bilateral issue.

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