PM's visit to US will be 'defining moment': Krishna

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) India Tuesday said the upcoming
visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US will
be a "defining moment" for the two countries and help further
integrate bilateral relations.
"I feel it is going to be very interesting and will be a
defining moment for Indo-American relations," Indian External
Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters on the sidelines
of a function here.
He said Singh's first visit to Washington since the Obama
Administration took over in January would help in further
integrating the bilateral ties.
The Prime Minister will undertake a five-day trip to the
US from Sunday, becoming the first foreign leader on a State
visit during the Obama Administration.
During their meeting on November 24, Singh and Obama
would hold extensive talks and chalk out the road ahead in
the relationship that has undergone a major transformation in
the last few years.
The major issues for discussion would be cooperation in
counter terrorism, regional security, civil nuclear
cooperation, defence cooperation, climate change and food
security.
Diplomatic sources underlined that the visit in itself
was significant in terms of message and symbolism, considering
that Singh would be the first foreign leader to be received as
State guest during the 10-month Obama administration.
The two sides are working to firm up some pacts but the
sources sought to play down the expectations. PTI AJD
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