Clinton's visit to India is postponed

New Delhi
11 March 2011

The second, annual India-US strategic dialogue, which was to be held here in
the first week of April, has been postponed.

"In view of the [assembly] elections in India and ongoing developments in West Asia
and North Africa, the two sides have decided to reschedule the strategic dialogue," said
an MEA (ministry of external affairs) statement.

Assembly elections will be held in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and
Puducherry on April 13.

No fresh date was announced.

The strategic dialogue is co-chaired by external affairs minister SM Krishna and his
American counterpart Hillary Clinton.

Other planned bilateral meetings will be held as scheduled. The joint working group on
counter-terrorism will meet here on March 25; so will the high technology cooperation
group in May, and a higher education summit in June in Washington.

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