Stressing the need for continued cooperation between India and Pakistan in bringing the perpetrators of Mumbai terror strikes to justice, the US has said both the neighbours should ensure that such attacks are not repeated.

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said the United States will continue to cooperate with both India and Pakistan in "every regard".

Influential American Senator John Kerry met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and discussed the Mumbai Terror attacks and the situation arising out of it.

During the meeting, Singh is understood to have apprised the Senator about the details of attack which were carried out by the Pakistan-based outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Kerry, a Democrat Senator considered close to President-elect Barack Obama, has said LeT was being nurtured by Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, which had founded the terror organisation. He has also demanded reform of the ISI.

Pakistan on Monday had turned down British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's request for allowing UK authorities to interrogate the Pakistani suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, saying it will not hand over any of its nationals to a foreign country and will act on them according to the country's own laws.

Premier Gordon Brown had requested both India and Pakistan that British police be allowed to quiz the lone surviving gunman as well as the suspects in custody.

Brown said he had requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that permission may be given to British police to interview Ajmal Amir Kasab, a Pakistani national lodged in Mumbai in an undisclosed location.

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