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Hillary arrives tomorrow for strategic dialogue
New Delhi, July 17 (PTI) US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton will arrive here on Monday to attend the second round
of Indo-US strategic dialogue on Tuesday during which a host
of key bilateral, regional and international issues including
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and security cooperation
in the backdrop of recent Mumbai blasts will be discussed.
Hillary, who will be in India for a two-day official
trip, will hold talks with her counterpart External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna, apart from calling on Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and meeting National Security Adviser Shiv
Shankar Menon.
On Tuesday, the US Secretary of State will hold a
breakfast meeting with the National Security Adviser followed
by the Indo-US dialogue after which she will call on the Prime
Minister and will meet several senior political leaders
including UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Clinton will be travelling to Chennai on Wednesday
where she is likely to meet representatives of US companies.
Besides situation in the region, civil nuclear
cooperation between the two countries will also be part of the
strategic dialogue during which India is also expected to talk
about American visa regime which is impacting the movement of
Indian IT professionals in that country.
The dialogue is based on five pillars which include
strategic cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism, energy
and trade.
Clinton and Krishna had launched the India-US
Strategic Dialogue in 2009 to provide a framework and
strategic direction for the huge range of bilateral
government-to-government activity between the two countries.
The first meeting of the strategic dialogue was held
in Washington last year.
The strategic dialogue provides an opportunity to take
stock of the progress in bilateral relationship and
cooperation and to consult on global and regional issues of
interest, besides charting out a short to medium-term roadmap
of cooperation in priority sectors for the two governments, a
spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Clinton will arrive here on Monday to attend the second round
of Indo-US strategic dialogue on Tuesday during which a host
of key bilateral, regional and international issues including
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and security cooperation
in the backdrop of recent Mumbai blasts will be discussed.
Hillary, who will be in India for a two-day official
trip, will hold talks with her counterpart External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna, apart from calling on Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and meeting National Security Adviser Shiv
Shankar Menon.
On Tuesday, the US Secretary of State will hold a
breakfast meeting with the National Security Adviser followed
by the Indo-US dialogue after which she will call on the Prime
Minister and will meet several senior political leaders
including UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Clinton will be travelling to Chennai on Wednesday
where she is likely to meet representatives of US companies.
Besides situation in the region, civil nuclear
cooperation between the two countries will also be part of the
strategic dialogue during which India is also expected to talk
about American visa regime which is impacting the movement of
Indian IT professionals in that country.
The dialogue is based on five pillars which include
strategic cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism, energy
and trade.
Clinton and Krishna had launched the India-US
Strategic Dialogue in 2009 to provide a framework and
strategic direction for the huge range of bilateral
government-to-government activity between the two countries.
The first meeting of the strategic dialogue was held
in Washington last year.
The strategic dialogue provides an opportunity to take
stock of the progress in bilateral relationship and
cooperation and to consult on global and regional issues of
interest, besides charting out a short to medium-term roadmap
of cooperation in priority sectors for the two governments, a
spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said.
