Saturday, August 14, 2010
Preparations on for second round of India-U.S. Strategic Dialogue
From The Hindu
With the upcoming Obama visit to India in the backdrop, the State Department has confirmed that discussions held this week with Government of India representatives were focussed on the next round of the United States-India Strategic Security Dialogue to be held in Washington this fall.
According to a statement by the Department Spokesman, Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher and Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had discussed preparations for round two of the Strategic Dialogue following its kickoff in early June.
Further it was confirmed that Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, had met with Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar, K. Kasturirangan and V.S. Senthil, Minister (Economic) on August 12.
The statement noted in particular that Dr. Kasturirangan was leading the Government of India delegation for the “Increasing Meteorological and Agricultural Cooperation between the Government of India and the Government of the U.S.” event, hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Touching an optimistic note on the meetings the State Department said that the U.S. and Government of India delegations were “enthusiastic about the continued cooperation on crop and weather forecasting and discussed areas for advancing our cooperation such as agriculture, space and economics.”
With the upcoming Obama visit to India in the backdrop, the State Department has confirmed that discussions held this week with Government of India representatives were focussed on the next round of the United States-India Strategic Security Dialogue to be held in Washington this fall.
According to a statement by the Department Spokesman, Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher and Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had discussed preparations for round two of the Strategic Dialogue following its kickoff in early June.
Further it was confirmed that Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, had met with Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar, K. Kasturirangan and V.S. Senthil, Minister (Economic) on August 12.
The statement noted in particular that Dr. Kasturirangan was leading the Government of India delegation for the “Increasing Meteorological and Agricultural Cooperation between the Government of India and the Government of the U.S.” event, hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Touching an optimistic note on the meetings the State Department said that the U.S. and Government of India delegations were “enthusiastic about the continued cooperation on crop and weather forecasting and discussed areas for advancing our cooperation such as agriculture, space and economics.”
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