Washington, May 29: The United States has said there is no change in its policy on Kashmir and hoped that eventually India and Pakistan arrive at a political settlement that is acceptable to the two sides. At a briefing here yesterday, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said "a political settlement--a dialogue that can address all the issues, an eventual political settlement that can be reached by the two sides taking into account the wishes of the people of Kashmir. There is no change in our policy." He was asked what kind of political settlement the US was talking about in the light of remarks by the State Department that Washington sympathises with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and a CIA map which says "Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir." "I wouldn't draw any particular conclusion from a particular phrase or a map. I suspect that if you look at the history of these things, those things have appeared from time to time in various forms....We do consider that any political settlement needs to be one that is acceptable to the two sides." Asked whether the State Department held the view that J&K is an Indian state like any other state, Boucher said "I will have to get back to you. If you are asking for a precise legal definition, I am not jumping into this one with three feet." Bureau Report