US for more Indo-Pak exchange of information on Mumbai attack

Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) The United States has said it
would like to see more exchange of information between India
and Pakistan on investigations related to Mumbai attack.

"We would like to see more exchange of information
about the Mumbai attacks, so that you can get to the bottom of
exactly who was responsible, see the entire plot and hold all
responsible for their actions," State Department spokesperson
Sean McCormack told reporters Wednesday.

McCormack said such cooperation is also needed to
"make sure that in doing so you prevent any further plots from
getting to point of execution".

"We've seen some of that. We'd like to see more. I
think Mr (Richard) Boucher (the Assistant Secretary of State
for South and Central Asia) put it, I think, very neatly in
saying each side has pieces to the puzzle that the other
doesn't, so in order to complete the picture, here, they need
to cooperate," he said.

Responding to a question about reports coming from New
Delhi in which Indian Army has confirmed that Pakistan had
redeployed troops along the two country's tense border,
McCormack said the US is watching the situation very carefully
and has been talking to both India and Pakistan in managing
the tension.

"To this point, both sides have managed to do that
successfully. Some of these troop movements notwithstanding,
both on the Indian side as well as the Pakistani side, we have
seen some of these deployments. But overall, relatively
speaking, we have seen some cooperation between India and
Pakistan," McCormack said.

Asked about the inflaming tension between the two
nuclear armed neighbours, McCormack said: "Thus far, each side
has managed the aftermath of Mumbai in such a way that the
tensions haven't escalated in a way that has been unhelpful to
maintaining peace and stability." PTI LKJ
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