US thanked Pakistan for protecting its embassy, consulates

WASHINGTON: The United States had thanked Pakistan for its efforts to protect American Embassy in Islamabad and consulates in Lahore, Peshawar, and Karachi.
In unclassified documents released by the State Department, the then Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton said: “And I want to be clear, as I have said on numerous occasions, the violence we have seen cannot be tolerated. There is no justification for violence. Of course, there is provocation, and we have certainly made clear that we do not in any way support provocation. We found the video that’s at the core of this series of events offensive, disgusting, reprehensible. But that does not provide justification for violence, and therefore it is important for responsible leaders, indeed responsible people everywhere, to stand up and speak out against violence and particularly against those who would exploit this difficult moment to advance their own extremist ideologies.
“The Foreign Minister and I will have a chance to cover a full range of subjects today, and it is no secret that the past year and a half has been challenging for Pakistan and the United States. And we still have work to do to get our bilateral relationship to the point where we would like it to be.”