MESSAGE BOARD
NEWSLINKS
US EDITION
COLUMNISTS
DIARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
THE STATES
YEH HAI INDIA!
ELECTION 99
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES

US asks India, Pakistan to ease tension

The United States has urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and try to ease tension between them.

The US has urged all parties to exercise restraint and try to ease tension and "we will continue to work on that", State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said when asked to comment on media reports that Pakistan was ready to start another Kargil-type conflict with India.

However, he did not comment on reports that Senator Sam Brownback wanted all sanctions against India to be lifted before Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived in Washington.

He also withheld comment on a letter written by some members of the US Congress to the House Speaker that Vajpayee be invited to address it.

PTI

Tell us what you think of this report