Hillary Clinton to arrive in India today

July 17th, 2009 - 11:08 am ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )

Manmohan Singh New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in India today on a five-day visit with the objective of deepening US-India ties.

Clinton will arrive in Mumbai today and proceed to New Delhi on July 19 where she will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna.

She is also scheduled to meet leaders of the opposition, government officials entrepreneurs, scientists and youth.

In Mumbai, Clinton will meet with a broad cross section of Indian society and pay tribute to 26/11 terror attacks victims.

The visit by the former first lady of the US, is the first visit by a US Secretary of State to Mumbai in nine years, the last being by Madeleine Albright in 2000.
She will leave New Delhi on July 21 for Thailand. (ANI)

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