US cannot 'dictate' solutions to India, Pak: Clinton

Islamabad, Oct 30 (PTI) The US can "just encourage" India
and Pakistan to resume their stalled composite dialogue but it
"cannot dictate solutions," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
said here Friday.
Clinton, who was on a three-day official visit to
Pakistan, stated this during an interaction with women civil
society leaders.
Her remarks came a day after she appealed to India and
Pakistan to resolve their differences for the benefit of
regional trade and economic development.
"What we hope is that at some point in the future --
which I would like to see in the not too distant future --
Pakistan and India can resolve their outstanding differences,"
Clinton said in Lahore Thursday during a function.
"And why do I say that? Because I believe that trade
between Pakistan and India could rival trade anywhere. I
believe that if there were peace between Pakistan and India
and the outstanding issues were resolved, Pakistan would take
off like a rocket in terms of economic development," she had
said.
Clinton had Thursday also made it clear that while the
US encouraged both countries to address their problems, only
Pakistan and India could resolve such issues.
India suspended the composite dialogue process after the
Mumbai attacks in November last year, which it blamed on
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba. It wants Pakistan to take
action against perpetrators of the attacks for resumption of
the talks. PTI RHL
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