Name: Indo-US strategic dialogue to take place today
Uploaded: 2014-07-31T10:28:39+05:30
Description: The dialogue will also be attended by senior representatives of various ministries including home and defence.

New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry who arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday will begin his official visit by meeting the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday morning. 
 
Kerry will also be meeting Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley before co-chairing the Indo-US strategic dialogue with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj later in the afternoon. The dialogue will also be attended by senior representatives of various ministries including home and defence. Union Minister of State for Commerce (Independen charge) Nirmala Sitharaman will also participate in the Dialogue which will explore ways to strengthen bilateral business ties. 
 
Noting that the Indo-US ties were at a stage of "stable and mature growth", the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said the two ministers are expected to explore new frontiers and initiatives to further promote bilateral relations. 
 
He also said the focus area during Swaraj-Kerry talks would be security, energy, trade and investment, science and technology, human resource development and regional issues. Asked if India would raise the issue of snooping by US' National Security Agency (NSA) on BJP among others, he said there was "considerable disquiet" in the country over the issue and leaders do reflect the public concerns. The issue is expected to be discussed under the cyber-security section, he indicated. 
 
On whether India would raise the issue of movements of JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed, designated terrorist by the US, he said any issue which impinges on India's security, of which the homeland security was an important part, and where the government thinks that the US can assist will be raised. 
 
 
On the defence front, the two sides are in consultation to upgrade their ties by simplifying technology transfer policies and exploring possibilities of co-development and co-production of defence systems to invest the relationship with strategic value. The defence trade has shown significant growth in recent years with aggregate worth of defence acquisition from the US crossing over USD 10 billion. 
 
While major initiatives in defence field are likely to be discussed during US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit next month, tomorrow's dialogue will set the tone for the same. 
 
The US Secretary of State's visit is first high-level interaction at the political level after the new government came to power here, the MEA Spokesperson said. Kerry's visit two months ahead of Prime Minister Modi's trip is aimed at instilling some vigour in bilateral ties, which appeared to have lost momentum in the final years of UPA regime. 
 
Swaraj and Kerry will also discuss important regional and international issues. While Kerry is expected to brief India on talks between Iran and six world powers- the US, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China on Tehran's contentious nuclear programme, the situation in Gaza is also likely to be discussed.

Indo-US strategic dialogue to take place today

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Indo-US strategic dialogue to take place today