WASHINGTON: US State Department has said that Washington would continue to work with Pakistan on issues that matter the most for a peaceful world.

“We continue to work with Pakistan and continue to urge Pakistan to take steps to shut down access to areas inside their borders to terrorists, to terrorist individuals and to terrorist groups,” said the Department of State Spokesperson John Kirby during a daily press briefing here on Wednesday.

He said that the US wanted Pakistan to take concrete actions against all groups of terrorists within its territory.

The United States has repeatedly asked Pakistan to do more in a bid to dismantle terror networks on its soil as they pose a great threat not to the people of Pakistan but also to the people in the entire region.

Last week, Kirby had said that the US does not support declaring Pakistan a ‘terrorist state’ but will continue to work with the Pakistan government in to eliminate safe havens of terrorists.

He said that Pakistan has kept nuclear arsenals safe from terrorists.

He also said that the US calls for a “meaningful dialogue” between India and Pakistan to address differences including the Kashmir issue and to bring down the recent tensions.

“There are still differences of opinion that exist between them; and as I said earlier, we want them to work through those differences. We have differences with many countries too, and we continue to try to work through them,” Kirby said.

“That’s all we’re asking, that’s all we’re hoping, that’s all we’re expecting from leaders in India and Pakistan. But we don’t believe for a minute that they don’t take the challenges before them seriously or the lives and security of their children,” he said.