The United States and Britain on Thursday strongly condemned the recent massacre of 24 Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir and asked Pakistan to stop infiltration across the Line of Control.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, in a joint statement in Washington, said Pakistan should also do its utmost to discourage any acts of violence in Kashmir.

Straw is in Washington for the summit meeting between US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The two leaders asserted that violence would not solve the Kashmir problem.

"The differences can only be resolved through peaceful means and engagement," the statement said.

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