<p class="title">Describing India as an "incredibly valuable and close counter-terrorism partner" of the US, the Trump administration today said the future is "very bright" for bilateral co-operation in this arena. </p>.<p class="bodytext">US Counterterrorism Coordinator, Nathan Sales credited the meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump early in the latter's tenure as the reason behind a "powerful" partnership between the two nations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"India is an incredibly important, incredibly valuable and incredibly close counterterrorism partner of the US," Sales told reporters during a teleconference at the conclusion of the conference on Law Enforcement Efforts to Defeat ISIS.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The president (Trump) and the prime minister (Narendra Modi) held a very, very productive series of meetings earlier in the administration, and in response to that set of meetings, the US government and the Indian government have forged ahead to create a really powerful partnership," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sales said the Trump administration has announced in the US a number of designations related to terrorist threats that India faces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, the US entered into an arrangement with India to share information about known and suspected terrorists.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think the future is very bright for US-India counterterrorism corporation," Sales said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sales said South Asia is one of the areas of the world where ISIS has an increasingly robust presence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bangladesh is a good example of this. The Holey Artisan Bakery attack in July of 2016 in Dhaka killed 22 people," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US is also tracking in South Asia the ISIS Khorasan affiliates of ISIS becoming increasingly ambitious and increasingly active, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are working with our partners in the region to develop a shared understanding of the threat that these organisations pose to us in the US and pose to local governments. We are also working with those partners to develop a set of responses," said Sales.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those responses include things like information-sharing, exchanging data about known and suspected terrorists, improving border security efforts to spot terrorists as they travel from conflict zone to conflict zone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am confident that by bringing together partner nations who have a common understanding of the threat we face that we'll be able to address this," he said. </p>
<p class="title">Describing India as an "incredibly valuable and close counter-terrorism partner" of the US, the Trump administration today said the future is "very bright" for bilateral co-operation in this arena. </p>.<p class="bodytext">US Counterterrorism Coordinator, Nathan Sales credited the meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump early in the latter's tenure as the reason behind a "powerful" partnership between the two nations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"India is an incredibly important, incredibly valuable and incredibly close counterterrorism partner of the US," Sales told reporters during a teleconference at the conclusion of the conference on Law Enforcement Efforts to Defeat ISIS.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The president (Trump) and the prime minister (Narendra Modi) held a very, very productive series of meetings earlier in the administration, and in response to that set of meetings, the US government and the Indian government have forged ahead to create a really powerful partnership," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sales said the Trump administration has announced in the US a number of designations related to terrorist threats that India faces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2016, the US entered into an arrangement with India to share information about known and suspected terrorists.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think the future is very bright for US-India counterterrorism corporation," Sales said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sales said South Asia is one of the areas of the world where ISIS has an increasingly robust presence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bangladesh is a good example of this. The Holey Artisan Bakery attack in July of 2016 in Dhaka killed 22 people," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US is also tracking in South Asia the ISIS Khorasan affiliates of ISIS becoming increasingly ambitious and increasingly active, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are working with our partners in the region to develop a shared understanding of the threat that these organisations pose to us in the US and pose to local governments. We are also working with those partners to develop a set of responses," said Sales.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those responses include things like information-sharing, exchanging data about known and suspected terrorists, improving border security efforts to spot terrorists as they travel from conflict zone to conflict zone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am confident that by bringing together partner nations who have a common understanding of the threat we face that we'll be able to address this," he said. </p>