The much-hyped India-US strategic dialogue that will lay foundation for Obama’s India visit later this year is scheduled to be held on June 2nd and 3rd. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna along with senior officials will be in Washington from June 1-4.
Mr. Krishna will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the two-day strategic talks, covering a range of issues that will have local, bilateral and international repercussions. More stress will be given to counter-terrorism operations and bilateral cooperation concerning internal and global security. The US authorities are believed have taken additional steps to ensure that the dialogue achieves its objectives and to wipe out the impression that India-US relationship is cooling down under Obama’s tenure.
Minister Krishna is accompanied by Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao for the talks. A spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Vishnu Prakash said, “The strategic dialogue will enhance the Global Strategic Partnership between India and the US, by serving as a very important mechanism to review, enhance and coordinate our broad-based cooperation.”
“It would give direction to the programs currently under implementation and take initiatives to further the Indian and US developmental, security and economic interests,” Mr. Prakash added.
The US side will comprise of National Security Advisor James Jones, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, FBI Director Robert Mueller and the USAID Director Rajiv Shah, in addition to Ms. Clinton.
Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs revealed the importance his country is giving to the strategic dialogue when he said, “As President Obama himself has said, this will be one of our signature partnerships in the 21st century.”
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