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US urges India, Pakistan to cooperate
The US Secretary of State says India and Pakistan must work closely in bringing the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice.
"The key is that the parties need to focus on - and I think, we are focusing on -- both bringing the perpetrators to justice and prevention of any following on attacks," Condoleezza Rice told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
The top US diplomat said the United States will continue to cooperate with both India and Pakistan in "every regard".
Rice said the US has made its views very clear on the issue and both parties are continuing to cooperate in this regard. She added that the two neighbors should ensure that such attacks such attacks will not be repeated.
However, she parried a question posed by a Pakistani journalist about "increasing tensions" between the two countries following the reported incursion of the Indian fighter planes into Pakistani air space.
Rice's soft tone comes after in an earlier interview with CNBC TV channel she urged Pakistan to 'act forcefully' to stem terror threats in the wake of Mumbai coordinated attacks.
Washington had also warned that the 'US will act if Pakistan did not'.
Relations between New Delhi and Islamabad have deteriorated, after Mumbai's terror attacks which left almost 200 people dead. India and the US believe the attacks were launched from Pakistani territory.
New Delhi says the gunmen behind the Mumbai terror attacks were Pakistani nationals, urging Islamabad to extradite them to India.
Pakistan which denies involvement in the attacks has called on New Delhi to provide tangible evidence for the allegations.
Pakistan has launched a crackdown on Lashkar-e-Taiba, and other affiliated groups which India says have been behind the Mumbai attacks, and has arrested several people. Islamabad however insists India's demands for the extradition of suspects in the attacks are out of question and that the arrested suspects would be kept on Pakistani soil.
The US Secretary of State says India and Pakistan must work closely in bringing the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice.
"The key is that the parties need to focus on - and I think, we are focusing on -- both bringing the perpetrators to justice and prevention of any following on attacks," Condoleezza Rice told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
The top US diplomat said the United States will continue to cooperate with both India and Pakistan in "every regard".
Rice said the US has made its views very clear on the issue and both parties are continuing to cooperate in this regard. She added that the two neighbors should ensure that such attacks such attacks will not be repeated.
However, she parried a question posed by a Pakistani journalist about "increasing tensions" between the two countries following the reported incursion of the Indian fighter planes into Pakistani air space.
Rice's soft tone comes after in an earlier interview with CNBC TV channel she urged Pakistan to 'act forcefully' to stem terror threats in the wake of Mumbai coordinated attacks.
Washington had also warned that the 'US will act if Pakistan did not'.
Relations between New Delhi and Islamabad have deteriorated, after Mumbai's terror attacks which left almost 200 people dead. India and the US believe the attacks were launched from Pakistani territory.
New Delhi says the gunmen behind the Mumbai terror attacks were Pakistani nationals, urging Islamabad to extradite them to India.
Pakistan which denies involvement in the attacks has called on New Delhi to provide tangible evidence for the allegations.
Pakistan has launched a crackdown on Lashkar-e-Taiba, and other affiliated groups which India says have been behind the Mumbai attacks, and has arrested several people. Islamabad however insists India's demands for the extradition of suspects in the attacks are out of question and that the arrested suspects would be kept on Pakistani soil.
