New Delhi, March 30: The US today congratulated India and Pakistan for progress made in the peace talks and lauded the leadership of the two countries for initiating “cricket diplomacy”.
“We commend the leaders of both countries for carrying forward with what the media is calling cricket diplomacy,” US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer said.
In a statement issued here, he also applauded the progress made on a wide range of issues in the just-concluded Home Secretary level talks.
Roemer wished Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani for success in their endeavours.
This is Gilani’s first visit to India after becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan in March 2008. The two leaders had earlier met in Sharm-el-Shaikh, Washington and most recently last year in Thimphu on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit.
–Agencies