India, US collaborating on counter-terrorism

Mumbai, December 16: India and US are collaborating on counter-terrorism and global security and an FBI agent testifying in a court of law in India is an indication of the cooperation between the two countries, a senior US diplomat said today.

“How many of us would have thought that an FBI agent testifying in a court of law in India would have been possible 10 years ago?” US Consul General Paul Folmsbee told reporters at a media meet organised by the Press Club here.

“India and US are collaborating on counter-terrorism and global security,” he said.

Folmsbee declined to comment in US terror suspect David Headley, saying the case is under investigation.

On the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Folmsbee said, “The reprocessing agreement is on track…there is hardly anything left to do with the governments. There is enough room for companies involved to get started

–Agencies