US-India Homeland Security dialogue to be launched on May 27

New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Indian Home Minister P
Chidambaram and US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet
Napolitano will jointly launch the US-India Homeland Security
dialogue, a critical new component of the India-America
Strategic Dialogue, here next week.
This will be the first meeting of the Homeland
Security dialogue which will seek to coordinate the
counter-terrorism and law enforcement cooperation as it
relates to the internal security of the respective countries.
Activities of various extremist groups and security
issues concerning both the countries are expected to be
discussed by Chidambaram and his American counterpart
Napolitano during the day-long meeting on May 27, official
sources said.
Security situation in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan,
in the wake of the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden,
is likely to be discussed by the two leaders.
Napolitano's arrival will be the first high-level
visit from the US after President Barack Obama's tour to India
in November 2010.
Chidambaram had visited the US in January 2009 when he
had extensive discussions with Napolitano.