Washington, December 30, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed concern to Pakistan and India over increasing tension between the two countries, the State Department said Monday. Rice spoke by telephone to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, warning against escalating tension after last month’s Mumbai terrorist attacks, said department spokesman Gordon Duguid. “She has made it part of her conversations to note that tensions are already high, that neither side should be taking actions that increase those tensions, " Duguid told reporters. In her conversations, Rice noted that Pakistan had “made some positive steps but that these steps need to be continuous, that we need to have both sides work together to find the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks,” Duguid said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/620998