Washington: The Obama administration has
strongly condemned the Pune bombing and said it believes that
counter-terrorism cooperation is a key element of the
bilateral relationship between the US and India.
"We do note that the United States and India view
enhanced cooperation in counter-terrorism as an important
element to our bilateral strategic partnership," the State
Department Acting Spokesman, Gordon Duguid, said Tuesday.
Condemning the terrorist attack in the strongest terms
and sending condolences to the families of the victims, Duguid
said the US and India are working together as never before to
combat terrorism.
"The United States and India, since the Mumbai attacks,
are working together to enhance information collection,
intelligence sharing, and analysis capabilities, and our
governments are sharing significant information to help
safeguard our countries," he said.
"The information we have shared so far has been quite
unprecedented, and we intend to continue to working with the
Government of India to try and protect our two societies from
these types of attacks," Duguid said, in response to a
question.
The State Department spokesman said America is working
with both India and Pakistan against the threat that all the
three countries face from terrorists and extremist groups.
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