The US supports a direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, a senior American diplomat said, insisting that at this point it is all the more important that Islamabad demonstrating its resolve to stop cross-border terrorism.

Welcoming Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's stated commitment that the country will prevent militant groups from operating on its territory, the official said the US continues to encourage "sustained, verifiable and irreversible measures on this front, like prosecuting and convicting members of terrorist groups and their leadership.”