`India and Pakistan should continue their dialogue`

Washington, July 24 (PTI) Substantive and regular
high-level talks between India and Pakistan should continue as
it is in the interest of the United States, a Obama
Administration official has said.
"They (India and Pakistan) are both friends and allies
of the United States. It is in our interest to see the kind of
substantive exchanges and dialogue that is occurring at a high
level between the two countries now on a regular basis," State
Department spokesman P J Crowley told reporters at his daily
news briefing.
"That is very encouraging. We understand that there
are difficult issues that will over time, you know, be a
subject of that ongoing dialogue. But you know, we can
certainly continue as we always have to encourage India to sit
down, talk at high-levels, engage in the issues that have
created tensions between the two countries in the past," he
said in response to a question.
The US will like to see both the countries to
cooperate together along with others in the region to combat
terrorism, the official said, adding the pace of these steps
are to be decided by New Delhi and Islamabad. PTI