Rao meets Burns in Washington

Lalit K Jha

Washington, Sept 22 (PTI) Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao
met with her US counterpart William Burns and discussed a wide
range of bilateral issues, including counter-terrorism and the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to America in
November.

Rao, who arrived here from New York late Sunday, had
detailed discussion with Burns, the US Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs, Monday.

The two diplomats reviewed the Indo-US dialogue
architecture after the visit of Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to India in July and preparation for the State visit
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in November, sources told
PTI.

Rao visited Washington at the invitation of Burns. The
special invitation to visit Washington at a time when the
entire Obama Administration is in New York is seen as a
"special gesture" from the US State Department.

She also met Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
and Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and
Global Affairs. PTI