UN Sec Gen talks to PM on Mumbai carnage

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
has called up Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and agreed
on the need for "full cooperation" by all to ensure that the
perpetrators of Mumbai terror strikes are brought to justice.

Ban expressed determination to provide a lead role for
the UN in dealing with the global menace of terrorism.

Condemning the terror attack in India's financial capital
Mumbai, the Secretary General expressed his deepest sympathies
to the families of those killed and wounded in the
three-day-long attacks.

During the telephonic talk, Ban and Singh agreed that it
was critical to bring the perpetrators of the carnage to
justice and that all should fully cooperate in this effort,
the UN Information Centre said here.

Ban commended the courage and resilience shown by the
government and people of India, it said. PTI AKK
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