The White House on Friday shot down the demand to designate Pakistan a "terrorist state" even as it reiterated its support to India on eliminating safe havens of militants. When asked about the recent Bill and the online petition against Pakistan that has been gaining traction, United States State Department spokesperson John Kirby said, "I have not seen anything specifically."

Last month, two US lawmakers had introduced a Bill in the House of Representatives to designate Islamabad a state sponsor of terrorism. The Bill, known as the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, was moved by Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Dana Rohrabacher.

Although Kirby said the US will not intervene in the Kashmir issue, he asked both the Indian and Pakistani governments to reach a consensus and resolve the tension through "meaningful dialogue". He said, "On the Kashmir issue, our position has not changed. We want this to be worked out between both sides." Leaders in the US have repeatedly called Kashmir a bilateral issue and refrained from commenting on it, despite Pakistan’s innumerable pleas.

He also added that the US believes Pakistan has kept its nuclear arsenals safe from militants. "I think we've said before we're confident that Pakistan has the security controls they need to have in place on their arsenal," he said.

Bilateral ties between India and Pakistan have deteriorated after the attack on an Indian Army installation in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri, and lndia launching "surgical strikes" along the Line of Control. India has accused Islamabad of being involved in the Uri attack, while Pakistan has dismissed the allegations as baseless.