New Delhi:United States Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, on Friday said the Al-Qaeda, Taliban and Lashkar-e-Toiba were the common enemies of both India and America. "We have a
common enemy in Taliban, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Al Qaeda. We are working
shoulder to shoulder in field of information sharing and collection and analysis of
intelligence," said Roemer, on the sidelines of a seminar in New Delhi. " As US
President Obama, this partnership is the defining partnership of 21st century. He has
also called it indispensable partnership. One of the five pillars we work on everyday
in Washington, in Delhi and in our embassies and consulate is education pillar. It is
the foundation for the success of so many other pillars (such as) green partnership,
national
security, science and technology, women development and anti-poverty
programmes,"
he added. He said the two countries have been working together to increase their
counter-terrorism capabilities to ensure the safety of Indian and American citizens.
"The bilateral strategic partnership between the two countries was the strongest
ever and they were working at an "unprecedented level" on counter terrorism and
regional security along with various other issues," he added. Earlier, he met
Home Minister P Chidambaram and pledged cooperation on counter-terrorism
issues.
Their meeting came amidst reports Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley,
standing trial in the US, has pleaded guilty before the District Court in Chicago
to get a lighter sentence than the death penalty.
