‘Terror plots foiled due to India-US ties’

WASHINGTON: Describing the counter-terrorism cooperation between India and US under the eight years of Obama Administration as “incredibly successful”, a top US official has said this has not only “diminished the threat” of terrorism in the two countries, but also foiled several terror plots.

“I can tell you quite definitively that due to our partnerships, several terrorism plots were foiled. Indian lives and American lives were saved because of this partnership,” said Peter Lavoy, senior director for south Asian Affairs at the national security council, White House.

“So it’s a very significant development and I think, it can continue,” Lavoy said.

On India not becoming a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group NSG) under the watch of US President Barack Obama, Lavoy expressed hope that it would be granted membership of the elite group “not before too long” as work is in progress.

He said that under the Obama administration, which took over the reins of the country a few months after 26/11, counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries have reached a new height in the last eight years.

“I think, the partnership with India, in combating terrorism has really been incredibly successful,” he said.