US-India Homeland Security Dialogue tomorrow

New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Mutual assistance in probe
like Mumbai terror attacks, counter-terrorism and
trans-national crime will be high on the agenda during the
Homeland Security Dialogue between India and the US here
Friday.
Home Minister P Chidambaram, who will lead the Indian
delegation, will also have intensive discussions on
countering illicit financing, accessing and sharing of data
relating to terrorism, transfer of counter-terrorism with his
US counterpart Janet Napolitano.
Coastal security, cyber security, mega city policing,
countering illicit financing and trans-national crime, cyber
security, providing homeland security equipment to each other
and capacity building will also figure during the day-long
meeting.
This will be the first meeting of the US-India
Homeland Security dialogue
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.
Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley's testimony,
in which he admitted ISI's involvement in the 26/11 attack,
and trial of his accomplice Tahawwur Rana are also expected to
be discussed in the meeting.
Napolitano, who arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, is the
first dignitary from the US to visit India after President
Barack Obama who toured the country in November last year.
Chidambaram had visited the US in January 2009 when he
had extensive discussions with Napolitano.
Napolitano today met Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao
and is expected to meet other senior officials and leaders.