India-US Strategic Dialogue postponed due to assembly polls, WANA situation
March 11th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): The second India-US Strategic Dialogue, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has been postponed in view of the Assembly elections in India and the ongoing developments in West Asia and North Africa.
“India and the United States were planning to hold the second India-US Strategic Dialogue, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister and the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in New Delhi in early part of April 2011, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) release said.
“In view of the State elections in India and ongoing developments in West Asia and North Africa, the two sides have decided to reschedule the Strategic Dialogue and will hold it at the earliest available opportunity,” the release adds.
The two sides will now decide the date for the strategic dialogue through mutual consultation.
India-US Strategic Dialogue is a principal mechanism for advancing bilateral cooperation across the full spectrum of the relationship and exchanging views on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
The MEA release further said: “India and the United States will have a number of important bilateral events over the next few weeks, including the visit of Commerce Secretary to Washington DC in March 2011; the meeting of the India-US Joint Working Group in Counter Terrorism on March 25, 2011 in New Delhi; the meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group in India in May 2011; and, the India-US Higher Education Summit in June 2011 in Washington DC.”
“The first Homeland Security Dialogue and the meeting of the Joint Working Group on Space Cooperation will also be scheduled in the coming weeks,” the release adds. (ANI)
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