India, Pak successfully manage tension post-Mumbai: US

Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) The United States has said that both India and Pakistan have so far "successfully" managed the tensions following the Mumbai terror attacks and does not see the situation going out of hand.

Washington also said it would like to see more exchange
of information between the two countries on investigations
relating to the 26/11 strikes.

Responding to a question about Indian Army confirming
Wednesday that Pakistan had redeployed troops along its tense
border with India, State Department spokesperson Sean
McCormack told reporters 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 simmering Indo-Pak tensions, 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."

McCormack also said the US 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."

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. PTI LKJ