This Article is From Jul 17, 2009

What's on Hillary Clinton's agenda...

What's on Hillary Clinton's agenda...

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New Delhi:

During Hillary Clinton's upcoming visit to India, Clinton and her counterpart S M Krishna will lay out a broad-based agenda that calls for a whole government approach to the bilateral relationship.

  • India and United states will hold their "most wide-ranging" strategic dialogue ever and US will engage New Delhi on the "difficult issue" of global and regional regimes on weapons of mass destruction (WMD), particularly nuclear weapons.
  • Foreign policy, strategic challenges along with other matters like health, education, agriculture and the economy are top on the agenda.
  • US wants to build a partnership to address the challenges like climate change, terrorism, recession and non-proliferation.

Hillary's India visit:

  • July 17: Mrs Clinton arrives in Mumbai on Friday night.
  • July 18: On Saturday morning she will attend a remembrance meeting on 26/11, which includes a meeting with the Taj staff who saved so many lives.
  • Right after that Ratan Tata is hosting an event on corporate social responsibility where industrialists like Mukesh Ambani, Swati Piramal and Jashed Godrej will be present.
  • Later that day, the Secretary will interact with Bollywood star Aamir Khan at an event at Xaviers college.
  • July 19: On Sunday she arrives in Delhi where a climate change event is on the cards.
  • July 20: And her talks with the Prime Minister and the Foreign minister take place on Monday.

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