New Delhi, July 12 :     India today set July 16 as the deadline for Pakistan to pull out intruders and said any proposal to renew dialogue will be considered only after all army regulars and Mujahideen leave. Pakistan ? which announced its withdrawal plans yesterday ? has demanded that the international community force India to return to the talks table to settle the core issue of Kashmir. India said it has decided to temporarily suspend air strikes and hold fire to facilitate the withdrawal, but made it clear it has no immediate plans to renew dialogue. After a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, national security adviser Brajesh Mishra said: ?Ask me after July 16.? The US today welcomed the development and made it clear it did not act as a mediator. The Clinton administration said the sanctity of the Line of Control extended to its entire length in Jammu and Kashmir and was not confined just to Kargil. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee met President K.R. Narayanan for about 30 minutes and apprised him of Pakistan?s decision to withdraw from the Indian side of the LoC. Vajpayee also called up several chief ministers, including M. Karunanidhi, Chandrababu Naidu and Farooq Abdullah, and told them about the latest developments in Kargil. Though the decision to suspend air strikes and hold fire had the hallmark of an offer of safe passage, officials here were at pains to distance themselves from the controversial phrase. India said Operation Vijay was on and no ceasefire will be declared unless Delhi was convinced Pakistani army regulars and Mujahideen had pulled out. Indian foreign ministry officials explained that withholding fire does not amount to granting intruders safe passage. ?If it can resolve this conflict without further loss of life to our soldiers, why shouldn?t we accept the Pakistani proposal of withdrawal?? an official asked. He said it was not the tradition of the Indian military to fire at a retreating army. ?We have always demanded that the intrusion be vacated. Pakistan has finally agreed to do so and we are facilitating the process by not firing at them,? he added. Officials said the question of safe passage can only arise if the entire area is under India?s control. In this case, the intruders had moved into Indian territory and, because of pressure from Indian troops, had decided to retreat. ?We are allowing them to withdraw but we are not charting out any specific route through which they have to go. This would have been the case if safe passage was being given to them,? the official explained. Once the withdrawal is over, India would like Pakistan to come out with a statement reaffirming its faith in the sanctity of the LoC. Asked if the withdrawal was not proof enough of Pakistan?s respect for the LoC, the official said: ?After the withdrawal is complete, we expect Pakistan to reaffirm the inviolability and sanctity of the LoC. The continuance of cross-border terrorism is a clear violation of the LoC and this must be abandoned by Pakistan.? At yesterday?s meeting of the directors-general of military operations, Pakistan gave details of how it would pull out. Armed intruders will be recalled from specific areas on particular dates. The Indians have agreed to supervise the process. Delhi expects the withdrawal to be over by July 16 and has made it clear to Islamabad that any intruder found on the Indian side of the LoC after this date will be treated as ?hostile and be dealt with accordingly?. Indian foreign ministry spokesman R.S. Jassal claimed: ?Operation Vijay has been a resounding success. Pakistani forces have been defeated on the ground and status quo ante is being restored.? He said the pressure of India?s ?decisive military action? was ?also proving to be unbearable?.