Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected the "unwarranted reference" to Pakistan in the US-India statement after their ministerial dialogue on April 11.

"The gratuitous reference in the statement alluding to some non-existent and dismantled entities betrays misplaced counter-terrorism focus of both countries. It is unfortunate that a bilateral cooperation mechanism is being used to target a third country for political expediency and to mislead public opinion away from the real and emerging terrorism threats. The assertions made against Pakistan in the statement are malicious and lack any credibility," read the statement issued by the Foreign Office.

Earlier on Monday, India and the United States called on Pakistan to take “immediate, sustained, and irreversible action” to ensure that no territory under its control was used for terrorist attacks.

US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III met Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Washington, DC on April 11 for the dialogue.

Pakistan's foreign office in its statement further said that Pakistan had remained a major, proactive, reliable and willing partner of the international community in the global fight against terrorism over last two decades. "Pakistan’s successes and sacrifices in countering terrorism are unparalleled and widely acknowledged by the international community, including the United States," the statement said adding that no country in the region had sacrificed more for peace than Pakistan.

"India’s insinuations against Pakistan are in fact a desperate attempt to conceal its state-terrorism and brutal atrocities against the subjugated Kashmiris in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)."

The statement further called upon international community to condemn India’s use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy and the impunity that continues to be associated with it.

"India’s terrorism network using the soil of other countries and through supporting UN-designated terrorist organizations, is on record. Failing to take cognizance of this serious situation is tantamount to abdication of international responsibility."

"We expect and urge the partner countries to take an objective view of the issues of peace and security in South Asia and refrain from associating themselves with positions that are one-sided, politically motivated, and divorced from ground realities," the statement further stated.

"Our concerns and rejection of the unwarranted reference to Pakistan in the U.S.-India Statement have been conveyed to the U.S. side through diplomatic channels."