Washington:US State Department John Kirby has stated that Washington wanted to see the conflict and the tension reduced between Pakistan and India.
To a question over the demand of Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi, Kirby said that he could not say anything on the role of Washington in resolving Pak-India conflict. He said that there were some issues between the two neighbours that need to be worked out.
“We want to see the conflict and tension reduced between Pakistan and India,” Kirby said.
– US encourages to take more positive steps –
Earlier – welcoming the Nawaz-Modi meeting as a positive development – the United States has asked the two neighbours to take more steps to reduce tensions. “We welcome the recent meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders there (Russia) on the sidelines of this (SCO) conference,” Kirby said at a briefing in Washington. “And we also welcome any steps that both the countries can take to try to reduce the tensions.”
Improvement in India-Pakistan ties “has been our longstanding position”, and Secretary of State John Kerry also highlighted this in a recent statement, he said.
