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| Mumbai Attack |
Meanwhile, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns called Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to offer condolences and support."Undersecretary Burns did speak just a little while ago with Foreign Secretary Rao to convey our condolences and to offer our support, and worth noting as well that Secretary (of State, Hillary) Clinton will have an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the US-India partnership when she travels there next week," State Department spokesperson Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference."The US government condemns this senseless violence in the strongest possible terms. We offer our condolences to the families and friends of those affected by this attack and stand in solidarity with the people of India and Mumbai. We offer our full support and assistance to the government of India in their response to and investigation of the attack," Toner said.Toner said it is too far to speculate at this point of time if there was any involvement of any Pakistan-based terrorist outfits or that of any Pak official as was the case with 26/11."We don't (have any information of involvement of Pak officials). It's far too early to speculate. The Indian government will no doubt begin an investigation of this incident, and we'll wait for their results. And as I said, we stand ready to cooperate with them," Toner said in response to a question.
