The United States on Tuesday praised the "statesmanship" shown by the leaders of India and Pakistan after "historic" talks at a South Asian summit.
Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters that he thought that the talks had been "very successful."
"As President Musharraf said, I think it was a historic meeting that has taken place and opened new opportunities for achieving peace in that part of the world."
Powell's chief spokesman, Richard Boucher praised both Musharraf and Vajpayee for defusing tensions which several times in the last two years have threatened to spark a new war between the bitter nuclear rivals.
"We have seen them create a momentum. We have seen what we would call acts of statesmanship," Boucher said.
"We have been very supportive of that process and we look forward to continuing to work with them and help them as they go forward into a dialogue."
Commonwealth has also welcomed the decision of resumption of dialogue between Pakistan and India next month.
"We welcome the ongoing dialogue between these two important member countries," the spokesperson of the 54-member body told APP in London on Tuesday.
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