The New Nation - Internet Edition

CNN, Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan's prime minister has dismissed accusations his country possibly had a role in last week's massacre in Mumbai, saying such statements by officials in India were made "out of anger."

"Now that the dust has settled down, I hope they will be considering all such things which they have said in the past," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told CNN on Monday.

Pakistani authorities say Islamabad has not received any evidence that militants from within its borders carried out Wednesday's coordinated attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital, that left 179 dead and about 300 wounded.

The attacks have damaged India's already strained relationship with Pakistan. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading to New Delhi on Wednesday to help quell the tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, both key U.S. allies. VideoWatch how attacks could damage relations "

"It is extremely important that there be the highest levels of cooperation between Pakistan and India at this point, and that means all institutions," Rice said Monday as she headed to London.