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US: Pakistan must cooperate with India
Washington (AFP) Dec 4, 2008 The White House on Thursday called on Pakistan to "act with resolve, urgency" in cooperating with India on the probe into attacks in Mumbai that stoked tension between the nuclear rivals. "Pakistan needs to act with resolve, urgency. They need to cooperate fully and transparently and they need to keep the line of communication open between their country and India," said spokeswoman Dana Perino. "We will continue to try to help to make that happen," she said. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who just visited India and Pakistan, called back with updates to the White House and was expected to come brief US President George W. Bush in person, said Perino. Rice said she was "encouraged by what she heard from the Pakistanis and she's going to continue to push them," said Perino. "It's horrible enough that it happened to innocent Indians and also citizens from 10 different countries," the spokeswoman said, "but six of our own citizens were killed as well, and so we take this very seriously." State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Rice was encouraged by her talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and other officials. "President Zardari has said all of the right things. What's important now is that we have action," Wood said. "The secretary came away, I think, from her conversations with Pakistani officials satisfied that Pakistan viewed this as a very serious issue and that, you know, they plan to cooperate fully," Wood said. "And that's what we want to see happen," he added. Pakistan was quick to condemn last week's Mumbai attacks, which left at least 188 people dead, and has offered joint investigations and pledged to take action against any individual or group found involved in the assault. India has said that all 10 attackers involved in last week's carnage, including the sole gunman captured alive, came from Pakistan and has demanded Pakistan hand over 20 terror suspects. A State Department official who asked not to be named said it was up to Pakistan whether to hand over the suspects but added: "Obviously it would help things with the Indians, the relationship with India, if it were to do that." Asked if doing so would demonstrate resolve, the official replied: "There are lot of ways that Pakistan could do that. That could very well be one way." The controversy has threatened to derail a slow moving four year-old peace process between the South Asian rivals who have fought three wars, two of them over disputed Kashmir state, since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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