New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The US cannot provide a solution to the India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir but it can play ‘any role’ if the two countries so desire, President Barack Obama said Monday.

Calling the Kashmir row a ‘long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan’, Obama said that it was in the interest of both New Delhi and Islamabad to reduce tensions between them.

‘The US cannot (provide) a solution to this problem,’ he said, adding he had indicated to Manmohan Singh that ‘we are happy to play any role … that is appropriate to reduce their tensions’.