Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram during a visit to Washington earlier this month had a wide range of appointments to discuss how they can further enhance the already strong counter-terrorism cooperation between the US and India, she noted.

Touching on India-Pakistan relations, Clinton hoped that the two sides can agree on the steps that they believe are necessary to get their relations back on a more positive footing.

On India-Pakistan, Blake said 'our position has always been that this is something that needs to be worked out between our two friends, India and Pakistan.'

Clinton also briefed Krishna on President Barack Obama's announcement with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about US concerns regarding the new Iranian nuclear facility.

On Iran, Blake said Clinton made no requests. But he recalled that 'Mammohan Singh has repeatedly made clear that they don't believe it is in India's interest to have another nuclear weapons state in the region.'

Clinton also reaffirmed the importance of the US and India working together to achieve a successful outcome at Copenhagen on climate change, Blake said.