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| PM to talk terror in Washington |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on his way to the US as the first state guest of US President Barack Obama.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-November-2009
1:36:55 AM |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on his way to the US as the first state guest of US President Barack Obama.
He is expected to reach Washington later tonight. The Prime Minister will hold talks with President Obama on Tuesday on bilateral, regional and global issues. (Watch: PM-Obama meet: The next step)
Global threats such as terrorism, climate change, the global economic slowdown and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation will also come up for discussion.
The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is also expected to be discussed.
The Prime Minister's visit to Washington will coincide with the first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, in which more than 165 people died, including six Americans.
The Prime Minister on Saturday said India attaches high priority to its relations with the US. In a pre-departure statement, Manmohan Singh said "India was looking forward to building its Strategic Dialogue with the US by adding greater substance to our cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, services, energy, science and technology, defence, high technology trade, education, agriculture and health."
Noting that the last several years have witnessed a transformation in India-US relations, the Prime Minister noted that the Indo-US bilateral agenda covered almost all areas of human endeavour. The US was India's largest trading partner in goods and services and the economic ties ran deep. There is also a large Indian American community and robust people-to-people exchanges. "Above all, we share common values and commitment to democracy, pluralism and human rights," he observed.
After visiting Washington, the Prime Minister will travel to Port of Spain to attend the meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Governmen
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