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US expects India for steps towards rapprochement on issues with Pakistan; warns Islamabad it risks losing military and non NATO ally status;To attack terrorists wherever they live: Tillerson

August 23, 2017

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (INP) The United States has said it expects India to take steps towards “rapprochement” with Pakistan for the larger goal of stability in the region, while also warning Islamabad that it risks losing military aid and the non-Nato-ally status if it did not act against terrorism originating from its soil. “India and Pakistan, they have their own issues that they have to continue to work through,” secretary of state Rex Tillerson told reporters on Tuesday in response to a question if Pakistan could withstand the pressure being brought on it by a new strategy signalled by President Donald Trump in a statement a day earlier”.   INP/AH/LK