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Obama snubs Zardari over Nato border crossing issue
Updated On: 22 May, 2012 06:14 AM IST | | Agencies
US president refused a request for bilateral talks with his Pakistani counterpart as a row over supply routes into Afghanistan threatens to overshadow summit
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan was snubbed by US President Barack Obama at the Nato summit over a refusal to back down on demands that troops pay £3,000 (Rs 2.6 lakh) for every lorry crossing the border into Pakistan, it has been claimed.
No time for you: US President shares a lighter moment with French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Merkel. However, he refused to meet with (inset) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. Pic/AFP
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