WASHINGTON: The United States has said that increasing contacts between India and Pakistan not only served their own interests but also suited the larger US interests in the region.
At a briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman Phillip J. Crowley noted that the latest round of India-Pakistan talks in Islamabad represented a step in the right direction.
“Just as we’ve said many, many times, we appreciate and certainly endorse increasing dialogue between Pakistan and India,” Mr Crowley said.
“It is in their self-interest and our larger interest to see dialogue that can help to resolve tensions that exist between the two countries.”
The US comments followed a meeting between the interior and foreign secretaries of the two countries in Islamabad this week.
Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, the first member of the Indian cabinet to visit Pakistan since the 26/11 terror attack, is also the first Indian home minister to visit Islamabad in three decades. He went to Islamabad to participate in the Saarc home ministers’ conference.
On Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao held talks with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, which focussed on trust-building measures between the two countries.—Correspondent
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Islamabad talks in ‘our interest’, says US
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