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Blake also said the Nuclear Liability Bill tabled in the
Indian Parliament Friday is certainly an important part in
continuing the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear
deal.
"We welcome the commitment of the Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and his Government to tabling the legislation and as I
have said before the timing and management of that bill is
something that we would certainly leave to the judgement of
the Prime Minister and his team," he said and refrained from
making any comment on the opposition to it in India.
"They are in the best position to judge how to manage
that and when to move forward. And we trust their judgement,"
Blake said.
The US official said the cooperation in the
counter-terrorism field post-Mumbai attacks is one of the
strongest part of Indo-US cooperation.
Referring to last year's visit of India's Home Minister
P Chidambaram to the US, Blake termed it as a very positive
visit. "We have been implementing the various parts of the
undertakings that we had during that visit."
"We remain in very close touch and very close
coordination on many of the terrorist threats that India faces
and we work in closest possible fashion to share information
to prevent terrorists from carrying out attacks inside not
only India but also against Americans too," Blake said. PTI