Did US play a role in Indo-Pak talk?

The Wall Street Journal in a dispatch from Islamabad said diplomats trace the roots of the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting to back channel discussions involving the Indian National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, the head of Pakistan's ISI and other senior Indian and Pakistani officials.

"It also involved the Bush Administration", senior diplomats here (in Islamabad) said.

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"The US has repeatedly urged New Delhi and Islamabad to resume direct dialogue. The Americans role was quiet but significant in the negotiations," a senior Pakistani official said.