US NSA to visit India to chalk out agenda for Obama`s visit

V S Chandrasekar
On Board PM's Special Aircraft, Jun 29 (PTI) US
National Security Adviser Gen (retd) James Jones will arrive
in New Delhi in July to chalk out the agenda for President
Barack Obama's maiden visit to India in November this year.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who met Obama in
Toronto on Sunday on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit and
discussed preparations for his visit, said James will meet his
Indian counterpart Shivshankar Menon in the second week of
July and they would chalk out the agenda for the visit.
"Our relations with the US are very good. We have a
really ambitious agenda. We look forward to a very successful
visit of President Obama and so does the President," he said.
To a question, Singh said he did not have the time to
raise issues like the proposed Sino-Pak nuclear deal with
Obama.
"It was essentially a discussion to explore the agenda
of President Obama's visit. We will cross the bridge when we
come to it."
Obama will visit India in November this year and the
US President had yesterday said he was "very much" looking
forward to his visit.
During his meeting with Singh yesterday, Obama said he
was very pleased to have accepted an invitation to visit
India.
"It is a trip that I'm very much looking forward to,
and I know that the Prime Minister and his gracious wife will
extend great hospitality to us," he had said. PTI