WASHINGTON: Pakistan will tell the United States that it cannot take unilateral actions such as the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and that parliament will determine military priorities, the foreign minister said.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, in an interview with Time magazine released Wednesday, said that the upcoming report would recognize the importance of US ties but "will redefine what is uncompromisable for Pakistan."
"It is the parliament of Pakistan that must decide whether it is time for military action in one area or not," she said.
Asked what Pakistan's red lines would be, she said: "No unilateral action at any level, of any type. Like Abbottabad. Like what happened in Salala."
US forces killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in May in Abbottabad, which is home to Pakistan's top military academy. US officials gave no advance warning out of fear that Pakistan may have stopped the raid or tipped off bin Laden.
Khar, on a visit to Kabul on Wednesday, rejected the accusations that Pakistani intelligence was involved in Afghan insurgency and said that Pakistan has "no hidden agenda" in Afghanistan, where Western forces aim to pull out most combat troops in 2014.
In the interview with Time, Khar said that Pakistan will support "whatever path the Afghans choose for themselves."
"Pakistan's desires and hopes for Afghanistan are nothing more than a peaceful, stable Afghanistan," she said.
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