India wants coop with US to entail response to terror

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) Calling Pakistan the "epicentre
of global terrorism", India on Friday said the recent events
there highlighted the "enduring risks" and pushed the US for
security cooperation that will entail pre-emptive steps and
effective response to terror incidents.
Launching the Homeland Security Dialogue, India and the
US vowed to defeat the forces of terrorism through a series of
steps like intelligence sharing and pressed Pakistan to move
expeditiously in prosecuting those involved in Mumbai attacks.
During the day-long meeting, Indian Home Minister P
Chidambaram and his US counterpart Janet Napolitino discussed
the Mumbai attacks case and ways to enhance bilateral
cooperation through agency-to-agency engagement, information
sharing, forensics and investigation. They agreed to
designated points of contact and establish protocols for
engagement.
Chidambaram pointed to Napolitano that the "global
epicentre of terrorism" was in India's western neighbourhood,
a reference to Pakistan.
"Our cooperation must cover all aspects of the challenges
that we face: anticipating and predicting threats, taking
preventive or pre-emptive measures or responding effectively
and quickly to incidents," he told her.
Apparently referring to the detection and killing of
Osama bin Laden in Abottabad and attack on the naval base near
Karachi, he said "the events of the past few days, especially
inside Pakistan, speak to the successes and to the enduring
risks and challenges."
Napolitino ranked Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan-based outfit
responsible for 26/11, as dangerous as al Qaeda but was
evasive when pointed out that LeT founder Hafiz Saeed was
roaming freely in Pakistan and even offered prayers for bin
Laden after his killing.