US Secretary of State John Kerry to arrive in New Delhi today
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US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in New Delhi today on a three-day visit to India. He will attend the fourth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue tomorrow.
Bilateral trade, defence and security cooperation will top the agenda. Cooperation in energy and higher education will also figure prominently during the talks.
India will seek from the US information on the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar besides putting across its concerns about the H1B and L category visas that has raised concerns among Indian industry, especially the IT sector.
Mr. Kerry, who is undertaking his first visit to India after assuming office of Secretary of State, will co-chair the strategic dialogue with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid tomorrow.
The visiting dignitary will also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He will co-chair the India-US Higher Education dialogue on Tuesday.
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs said, this is the first high-political interaction in the second term of the Obama presidency.
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Sunday, 23 June 2013
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