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'US will tell India to de-escalate only if infiltration stops'

"I spoke to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf over the weekend, once again encouraging him to do everything to restrain all activity across the Line of Control," he told reporters in Barbados after a meeting of the Organization of American States on Tuesday.

"When that takes place in a way that is obvious and demonstrable to all, then we would call upon India to take the de-escalatory steps so we can start moving in the other direction," he said.

While conceding that the situation in the sub-continent 'continues to concern (the US) deeply', Powell said that he was pleased that both sides in the last few days had once again stated they would not use nuclear weapons.

India and Pakistan realized that this was a threshold that "we do not wish to see crossed," he said.

"I am glad that both nations have responded in a responsible manner to that concern on the part of the international community," Powell said.

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