US declares support for direct Pakistan, India dialogue.

Washington -- The United States said on Saturday that it continues to support a direct dialogue between Pakistan and India regarding the escalating tensions in the Indian-occupied valley.

US State Department's Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells took to social media to state that the US would continue to support dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours - 'on Kashmir and other issues of concern'. She said this decision was stressed in Deputy Assistant Secretary Ervin Massinga's recent meeting with the United States Council of Muslim Organisations leadership (USCMO).

Previously too, the US has voiced support for direct dialogue between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue.

'We continue to support direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on Kashmir and other issues...