The Senators, who co-chairs the Senate India Caucus expressed their support for India.
Two US Senators on Thursday asked Pakistan to fully cooperate with India to bring to justice perpetrators of the Uri attack at an army base in Jammu and Kashmir in which 18 soldiers were killed.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Democrat John Cornyn and Republican Mark Warner expressed their concern about initial indications that the Uri terror attack emanated from Pakistan.
“We are greatly concerned about initial indications that the perpetrators of this attack were Pakistani and that the attack emanated from Pakistan. If true, this attack would be just the latest in a series of deadly attacks in India conducted by Pakistan-based terrorist groups,” PTI quoted the Senators.
“We call on the Government of Pakistan to cooperate fully and transparently in this investigation and prosecute any individuals within its territory that participated in this horrendous attack,” the letter reads.
The Senators, who are the co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus expressed their support for India and strongly condemn the Uri attack.
They also accused that terrorist groups who launches attacks not only in India but also on US personnel and interests in Afghanistan are still operate freely in Pakistan.
“The continued threat of terrorism that both India and the US face highlights the critical need to ensure that we continue to expand US- India bilateral defence, intelligence and counter-terrorism cooperation,” Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Warner said.
“Similarly, we are pleased by the finalisation of an arrangement to facilitate the sharing of terrorist screening information and the progress made by the US- India Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group and the Homeland Security Dialogue. We will continue to support these and other initiatives that will increase US partnership with India against terrorism,” the Senators wrote.