Thursday, June 29 2006 11:00 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Washington: The United States said it supports dialogue, confidence-building measures and contacts between India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir and other issues.

"The two countries have made significant progress in that regard. Obviously, there are outstanding issues and we look to the two sides to deal with each other to resolve them," State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli said Wednesday in response to a question about recent attacks on worshippers in Jammu and Kashmir.

In reply to another question about recent Tamil guerrilla attacks in Sri Lanka, he said the US is working with the Norwegians, the European Union and others to bring about a resumption of negotiations, and called upon all parties to act in good faith to respect the ceasefire.

"There have been a number of incidents recently which bear all the hallmarks of Tamil terror, in which there have been violations of the ceasefire, which we have, I think, strongly and vociferously condemned," Ereli said.