New Delhi, February 16

The US has come out in categorical support of India’s quest to shut down terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and bring to book the masterminds of the Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy.

The US said it would offer “all assistance” to India to bring the perpetrators and backers of the attack promptly to justice, as per a Ministry of External Affairs readout of a telephonic talk between NSA Ajit Doval and US counterpart John Bolton on Friday.

The call came from the US, which also backed India’s right to self-defence against acts of terrorism. The two NSAs “vowed” to work together to ensure that Pakistan ceased to be a “safe haven” for JeM and terrorist groups that target India, the US and others in the region.

They resolved to hold Pakistan to account for its obligations under UN resolutions and to remove all obstacles to designating JeM leader Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. — TNS