Standing together against terror
Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative will ensure sharing of high level information, July 23, 2010
Friday, I signed the Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative (CCI) with Home Secretary Pillai and Foreign Secretary Rao. A few years ago no one would have imagined the depth and breadth of this relationship, let alone the level of sensitive and sophisticated sharing of high level information between our two countries. A few months ago we worked together on gaining access for India to David Headley, one of the notorious conspirators in the terror attacks on Mumbai. This new CCI will provide even more opportunities for us to share best practices to strengthen capacity building, forensic and investigative techniques, and port and border security. This initiative will also offer opportunities to work jointly on one of the most challenging and difficult problems of this century—cyber security. Now, with scores of threats from groups like AQ and LeT, we must forge ahead to execute this unprecedented agreement.
Tags: Counterterrorism, Development, India, U.S.-India relations