HIGHLIGHTS-Rice says urgent resolute action needed on Mumbai

NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged rapid and resolute action over the Mumbai attacks on a trip to New Delhi on Wednesday to ease tension between India and Pakistan.

Following are comments that Rice made in New Delhi: **************************************************************

"I know, too, that this a time when cooperation of all parties who have any information is really required.

"This is a different situation. It's a situation in which the attacks were clearly targetted to send a message about India, about its integration to the world, foreigners were targetted, indeed America lost citizens as well.

"So we have to act with urgency. We have to act with resolve. This is the time for everybody to cooperate and do so transparently, and this is especially a time for Pakistan to do so."

PAKISTAN AND COOPERATION:

"The Pakistani government has said unequivocally it intends to cooperate and President Zardari has told me he will follow the leads wherever they go, and I think that is a very important commitment on the part of Pakistan.

"I think we should, I should, refrain from speculation about what the Pakistani government might do in response to specific requests, because what has to happen here is there has to be a real sense of transparancy, a real sense of action, a real sense of urgency."

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