The embassy has simply described Davis as a staff member of the US Consulate in Lahore.
The claim lent credence to the fact that the US embassy did not either publicly state that the accused was a diplomat or enjoyed immunity under the Vienna Convention. The sources said that Davis did not enjoy diplomatic immunity per se. “The US Embassy is working with Pakistani authorities to determine the facts and work towards a resolution,” it added.
While most details of the meetings were not disclosed, the US embassy in a very brief statement regretted the loss of lives and confirmed that it was trying to resolve the issue. Diplomatic sources confirmed that the US State Department was also working with the Pakistani embassy in Washington on this issue. The meetings of top US diplomats with Pakistani officials came as the accused, identified by local authorities as Raymond Davis, was produced before a magistrate in Lahore.Įarlier in the day, US deputy chief of mission and another senior diplomat separately met officials of the Foreign Office’s protocol division, which handles issues relating to diplomatic immunities and privileges.įollowing these contacts, Ambassador Cameron Munter met Interior Minister Rehman Malik and later in the evening called on Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir. ISLAMABAD: The United States launched on Friday a flurry of diplomatic activity both in Washington and Islamabad to seek diplomatic immunity for its Lahore Consulate employee involved in ‘self-defence’ killings. Police officials escort handcuffed Raymond Davis official of US consulate who were allegedly involved in the incident of killing at Mazang chowk, for his remand at Cantt court in Lahore on Friday, January 28, 2011.
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