Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday he had conveyed regret to premier Yousuf Raza Gilani for the "tragic, unintended" deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in an airstrike.
"I have written to the Prime Minister of Pakistan to make it clear that the deaths of Pakistani personnel are as unacceptable and deplorable as the deaths of Afghan and international personnel," he said in a statement. "This was a tragic unintended incident."
"I offer my deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the Pakistani officers and soldiers who lost their lives or were injured, and to the government and people of Pakistan, following the regrettable incident along the Afghan-Pakistani border," Rasmussen added.
"I fully support the Isaf investigation which is currently underway," he said of the International Security Assistance Force fighting the war and which includes non-Nato allies. "We will determine what happened, and draw the right lessons," Rasmussen added.
"Nato remains strongly committed to work with Pakistan to improve cooperation to avoid such tragedies in the future."
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