US encourages India and Pakistan to have dialogue

Ahead of the expected meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York later this month, the US has said that it encourages the two countries to hold dialogue among itself on a range of issues.
"We would certainly encourage and we have encouraged further dialogue between India and Pakistan on a range of issues.
"We would welcome any and all high-level discussions particularly between Pakistan and India," State Department spokesperson Marie Harf, told reporters yesterday.
"I know our ambassadors in both countries have made this point, and we've made it publicly as well. I'm not going to get into the details of what those discussions might look like. That is for India and Pakistan to talk about together," she said.