Washington: US President George W Bush is pleased that Indo-Pak tension has diminished following Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiative and steps taken by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, the White House has said.

"When you see what is happening in relations between India and Pakistan, where they are exchanging Ambassadors, the Ambassadors are starting to arrive on the ground, and you see improvement in the tension, the diminishment of tension between India and Pakistan, it is a result of the steps that both Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf have taken.

"And so, I think that his actions speak for themselves, and they have been recognized by the Indian authorities, and the President is pleased with President Musharraf's actions" White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer said in Washington on July 1 when asked whether the U.S. will put pressure on Musharraf so that he will comply with the pledge he made to the US to stop crossborder terrorism.

PTI