New Delhi, Dec. 3 : U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said that Washington is ready to co-operate with India in its fight against terrorism , and added that jumping to premature conclusions as who was behind last week’s terror attacks on Mumbai would serve no purpose.
Refraining from commenting on India’s demand that Pakistan hand over 20 dreaded terrorists, including Dawood Ibrahim and Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, Rice said ‘We don’t want to jump to any conclusions on whether Pakistan is behind the attacks that shook Mumbai last week’.
New Delhi, Dec. 3 : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in New Delhi reportedly to ease tensions between India and Pakistan following last week’s attacks in Mumbai.
Rice arrived this morning and is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan.
New Delhi - US Secretary of State State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following last week's Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Rice was scheduled to meet with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and opposition leader LK Advani in the afternoon.
Rice said the chief purpose of her visit was to "express solidarity" with the people of India.
New Delhi, Dec. 3 : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday morning for an overnight visit.
She has been asked by President George W Bush to meet both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and discuss the fallout of the terror strikes in Mumbai, and will probably caution India not to take on an aggressive posture against Pakistan.
Washington, Dec. 2 : U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said both India and Pakistan share a common enemy, “because extremists in any form are obviously a threat to the Pakistanis as well as to the Indians”.
Speaking to journalists while flying to London, from where she will depart for New Delhi on Wednesday, Rice said the US has maintained very close contact with Britain and co-operated very closely on issues concerning Pakistan and India.