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US praises India, expects Pak to end terrorism

T V Parasuram in Washington

The United States on Sunday commended Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for acting in a 'statesman-like manner' in the military stand-off with Pakistan and said it expects President Pervez Musharraf to live up to his January 12 speech and end cross-border terrorism.

"We expect President Musharraf to live up to the obligations he freely undertook on January 12 to stop cross-border infiltration across the Line of Control," National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice said.

Saying the US 'has every reason to believe President Musharraf is secure in his power, and a confident leader', she told Fox News that 'it is important that he uses that to defuse this crisis'.

Rice said the US believes that the Indians undertook certain obligations that they would continue to act in a 'statesman-like manner' and 'we have been pleased that thus far'.

On the Pakistani government's decision to carry out the latest missile tests, she said, "We don't see any point in it. In fact, if they are routine, as the Pakistanis have said, the timing is not particularly good."

Pointing that the US has been involved in 'very aggressive diplomacy' on the India-Pakistan issues, she said, "Everyone is trying to remind both sides that war would not serve anyone's interest and, indeed, it would be bad for the stability of the region as well. It would be very bad for Afghanistan."

"We are talking to the Indians about the importance of calm, of not escalating this conflict. War is not going to serve anyone. There are very intensive and coordinated efforts right now between the United States, the European Union and now the Russians to try and calm this crisis," Rice said.

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