<p>The State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters that Pakistan is reviewing its participation in the conference, but has not taken a decision yet.<br /><br />He was responding to questions about reports appearing from Islamabad that Paksitan will not attend the meeting in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire over the weekend.<br /><br />"We hope that they do in fact attend this conference because this is a conference that is about Afghanistan and building a more stable and prosperous and peaceful Afghanistan. And so that is very much in the interests of Pakistan.<br /><br />"We believe it's very much in Pakistan's interest to attend the Bonn conference because, the focus of that is all about trying to build a more stable and peaceful Afghanistan," Toner said.<br /><br />"This is a relationship that's weathered difficult times and has yielded success in our shared battle against terrorists and extremists. We are clear-eyed about where we are at in the relationship. I think we are committed to working through it," he said.</p>
<p>The State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters that Pakistan is reviewing its participation in the conference, but has not taken a decision yet.<br /><br />He was responding to questions about reports appearing from Islamabad that Paksitan will not attend the meeting in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire over the weekend.<br /><br />"We hope that they do in fact attend this conference because this is a conference that is about Afghanistan and building a more stable and prosperous and peaceful Afghanistan. And so that is very much in the interests of Pakistan.<br /><br />"We believe it's very much in Pakistan's interest to attend the Bonn conference because, the focus of that is all about trying to build a more stable and peaceful Afghanistan," Toner said.<br /><br />"This is a relationship that's weathered difficult times and has yielded success in our shared battle against terrorists and extremists. We are clear-eyed about where we are at in the relationship. I think we are committed to working through it," he said.</p>