Islamabad: Pakistan has told Britain that it was not willing to make any new commitments to end the current standoff with India.

"Islamabad has already taken measures that it could take to ease tensions and it is not prepared to do more," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who was on a visit over the weekend, was told during the talks he had with his Pakistani counterpart Inamul Haq, media reports on July 22 said.

Pakistan made it clear that it was not willing to make any new commitments on any account, the 'Dawn' newspaper, quoting officials privy to the talks, reported.

It quoted senior government officials as saying that Pakistan pointed out it had already given a "big strategic concession" and it was now for the international community to bring India to the negotiating table to address the core issue of Kashmir.

Straw and other senior British officials present during the discussions were told point-blank that Pakistan had done its utmost to promote peace and the ball was now in India's court, sources told 'Dawn'.

"India should be asked to act with sincerity and do more than taking measures that were self-serving, cosmetic and half-hearted," the sources added.

Other government and diplomatic sources told 'Dawn' that apart from some bilateral matters, issues of cross-border terrorism, dismantling of militants' infrastructure, military de-escalation and elections in Jammu and Kashmir figured in the talks.

On the question of Indian allegations of cross-border terrorism, the British secretary was told that they were baseless. He was told that US Secretary of State Colin Powell had recently acknowledged that Pakistan had taken all possible steps to block the LoC infiltration.

Straw paid a seven-hour visit to Pakistan on July 20 after holding talks with Indian leaders in New Delhi a day earlier.

PTI