HEADLEY-ROEMER 2 LST

Roemer said both India and U.S. were cooperating in
terms of collecting, sharing and analysing information in
connection with anti-terrorism efforts.

The Indian Home Minister, he said, had "a very
successful visit" to US recently, looking at labs working on
anti-terrorism, meeting the New York Police and trying to find
out the best practices in that country.
Roemer reiterated that the U.S. was ready to provide
any assistance in the Pune blast investigation if India sought
it. "We would provide any assistance we could."
"We will do it only if asked. We respect the process.
Going forward, when the government wants or sees a need and
asks for any technical assistance, we as a government are
happy to provide it", he said.
Describing the Pune blast, which claimed 11 lives as
tragic, he said he had immediately called up Home Minister P
Chidambaram and offered the American peoples' condolences.
Describing Indo-US relationship as a growing strategic
relationship, he said there were various areas of opportunties
for it to grow, including fighting piracy, maritime, defence
exercises, weapon procurement and humanitarian causes.
"It is upto the Indian government where they want to take
this relationship", he said.
"There is no limit to this relationship", he said adding
"that does not mean there are agreements on every issue and no
country or no ally has it" (total agreement). PTI JD
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