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Observing that the government to government ties is
lagging behind the people to people relationship, Clinton said
it is time that "New Delhi and Washington" must catch up with
"New York and Mumbai."
Krishna said the global nature of the security
challenges being faced today, particularly the threat posed by
transnational terrorism, requires the two countries to
cooperate more closely than ever before.
"Though the epicenter of this threat lies in India's
neighborhood, it reaches far and wide all across the world as
we have seen time and again and most recently a few weeks back
in Times Square," he said in an apparent reference to
Pakistan.
"Given the fact that the groups who preach the
ideology of hatred and violence are increasingly coalescing,
sharing resources and operating as one, it is incumbent upon
all of us, to focus our efforts laser-like on every one of
them," he said.
Targeting only one or other of such groups would only
provide false comfort in the short term and will not usher in
long term stability," he said.
The two leaders were seated at the head of the
conference room with the delegations of the two countries
seated in an intermingled format on either side of the table.
The leaders of the two delegations appeared to be in a
relaxed mood, smiling and chatting with each other; unlike
during the previous two such US dialogues with Pakistan and
Afghanistan in the last two months; thus reflecting the
comfort level between the officials of the two countries.
Besides Krishna, other members of the Indian
delegation are HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, Minister of State for
Science and Technology, Prithviraj Chavan, Planning Commission
Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Rao.
The US delegation included Energy Secretary Steven
Chu; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William
Burns and Deputy National Security Adviser Michale Froman. PTI
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