Wednesday, November 2 2005 11:44 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Washington: Observing that leaders of both India and Pakistan have been working in consultation and cooperation to carry forward their dialogue, the United States has emphasised that they still need to address a lot more, including cracking down on terrorism.

"In terms of the border issues and relations with neighbouring countries, we encourage dialogue between India and Pakistan. We encourage them to have an ongoing dialogue and to work in consultation and cooperation, and I think that's what both leaders have been committed to doing recently," White House Spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters here.

However, "there is certainly a lot to still be addressed, and everybody has a responsibility to do their part to crack down on terrorism. And we can all do more in that regard," he said when asked about the serial blasts in Delhi as also the ongoing Indo-Pak relations.

He described last week's bomb blasts in Delhi as 'heinous'.

"I spoke out over the weekend about the terrorist attacks that took place in New Delhi. They are heinous terrorist attacks and our thoughts are with the families of the victims. There are a number of people that were killed, there are a number of people that were wounded in those attacks", he said.

"And we always stand committed to doing everything we can to help bring people to justice for carrying out such attacks", he added.