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``No plan`` to visit Mumbai or Pak during Rice`s India tour: US
Washington, Dec 2 (PTI) The schedule of the US Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice's India visit is still being worked
on but there is "no plan" of her travel to India's financial
capital Mumbai or Pakistan as of now, the State Department has
said.
The United States often has discussions with many
countries on how to come to terms with terrorists or third
state actors but stamping out terrorism is not easy as this
required coordinated work, said Robert Wood, Deputy Spokesman
at Foggy Bottom.
"... they're still working on the schedule. She'll be
meeting with, of course, Indian officials, and she will be
there to express condolences of the US Government and the
people of the United States to the Indian government and the
Indian people for the tragedy that took place last week."
"And as I said, they're still working out the schedule,
so I don't have any details in terms of with whom she'll be
meeting yet. But we'll get that to you as soon as we have it,"
Wood said adding that at this point, there's "no plan" of
travel to Mumbai where around 200 people, including
foreigners, were killed in terror attacks last week.
"At this point, there are no other travel plans, but
we'll keep you updated if there is a change in her schedule,"
the State Department official replied when asked about the
prospect of the Secretary travelling to Pakistan.
Talking about how to come to terms with the third state
actors in dealing with terrorism, Wood called for a
coordinated effort to fight the menace.
"... this is a discussion that we have quite often with
other countries about how we can deal with the terrorist
phenomenon around the world. And so we do work with the United
Nations. We work with the European Union, with other players
to try to see what we can do to stamp out extremism.
"It's not easy. It takes a coordinated effort to do this,
and we'll continue to work with them. But I don't think we
have focused, right at this point, on any specific plan," he
said in response to a question.
"But it's something that we're very concerned about, and
the events in Mumbai are another example of why we have to all
coordinate and work hard together to fight terrorism," he
added. PTI
of State Condoleezza Rice's India visit is still being worked
on but there is "no plan" of her travel to India's financial
capital Mumbai or Pakistan as of now, the State Department has
said.
The United States often has discussions with many
countries on how to come to terms with terrorists or third
state actors but stamping out terrorism is not easy as this
required coordinated work, said Robert Wood, Deputy Spokesman
at Foggy Bottom.
"... they're still working on the schedule. She'll be
meeting with, of course, Indian officials, and she will be
there to express condolences of the US Government and the
people of the United States to the Indian government and the
Indian people for the tragedy that took place last week."
"And as I said, they're still working out the schedule,
so I don't have any details in terms of with whom she'll be
meeting yet. But we'll get that to you as soon as we have it,"
Wood said adding that at this point, there's "no plan" of
travel to Mumbai where around 200 people, including
foreigners, were killed in terror attacks last week.
"At this point, there are no other travel plans, but
we'll keep you updated if there is a change in her schedule,"
the State Department official replied when asked about the
prospect of the Secretary travelling to Pakistan.
Talking about how to come to terms with the third state
actors in dealing with terrorism, Wood called for a
coordinated effort to fight the menace.
"... this is a discussion that we have quite often with
other countries about how we can deal with the terrorist
phenomenon around the world. And so we do work with the United
Nations. We work with the European Union, with other players
to try to see what we can do to stamp out extremism.
"It's not easy. It takes a coordinated effort to do this,
and we'll continue to work with them. But I don't think we
have focused, right at this point, on any specific plan," he
said in response to a question.
"But it's something that we're very concerned about, and
the events in Mumbai are another example of why we have to all
coordinate and work hard together to fight terrorism," he
added. PTI
