US and Pakistan are close to find a solution to Islamabad's recent ban on a crucial American supply line to Afghanistan, the White House has said.
"We are in discussions and working with the government of Pakistan to address the concerns relating to the closure of the border there. We believe we are close to producing some results on that and may have more on that in the future," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said.
The discussions in this regard are happening at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department between the diplomats of the two countries, he said.
"We're working government to government. We have expressed our condolences for what happened several days ago in Pakistan with ISAF and their forces. We're working through the border closing right now," Gibbs said.
Since Thursday, Pakistan had blocked a land route for NATO convoys carrying supplies to Afghanistan after officials blamed a cross-border NATO helicopter attack for the deaths of three Pakistani soldiers.
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