By NNN-PTI,
Washington : Noting that the “trust deficit” between India and Pakistan is a bilateral issue, US has said it is “gratified” that the leaders of the two nations are moving in a direction to see that the dialogue become deeper.
However, the US did not give any hint that it was favourably considering Islamabad’s request of helping it reduce the trust deficit with India.
“The trust deficit, as it’s been called, between India and Pakistan is most significantly a bilateral issue between them. We are friends with both countries. We have strong and strengthening relationships with both countries,” State Department spokesman P J Crowley told reporters here Thursday.
Crowley said the US has encouraged both Pakistan and India to enhance its dialogue in cooperation.
“We are gratified that both countries seem to be moving in a direction to see that dialogue become deeper.