8 July 2011
In the second India - US strategic dialogue to be held in New Delhi on July 19 external affairs minister SM Krishna and his American counterpart, Hillary Clinton, can be expected to discuss issues such as civil nuclear cooperation, India's membership of four multilateral export control regimes, counter-terrorism, situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan, disarmament and non-proliferation, trade, energy- and food security.
The dialogue was originally planned for April this year but was postponed because of the assembly elections in India and developments in West Asia and North Africa.
The inaugural India - US strategic dialogue was held in Washington in June 2010.
Ahead of Ms Clinton's visit, the India-US high technology cooperation group will meet in New Delhi on July 11 and 12. Established in 2002, the group is the principal forum for advancing bilateral cooperation in advanced technologies, including in dual use and strategic trade. The third meeting of the India-US joint working group on civil space cooperation will be held on July 13 and 14 in Bengaluru.
During US president Barack Obama's visit to India in November 2010, the US had announced the easing of dual-use trade and declared support for India's full membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and three other entities.
Meanwhile, India has expressed disappointment that the authorities in Denmark could not comply with India's request for the extradition of Kim Davy to India to stand trial for his role in the Purulia arms drop case.
An MEA spokesman said, "In our view, the judgement has grave and far-reaching implications and can only serve as an encouragement to terrorists and criminals. We also completely reject the grounds cited by the Danish court as the basis for its decision."
The spokesman noted that the government of Denmark had decided on April 9, 2010 to extradite Kim Davy to India but the Danish authorities failed to successfully defend their decision in the Danish courts and it is regrettable that they have decided not to appeal the high court judgement in the supreme court.
"Our demand for the extradition of Kim Davy to India stands. He must face the law in India for his actions," the spokesman added.
The dialogue was originally planned for April this year but was postponed because of the assembly elections in India and developments in West Asia and North Africa.
The inaugural India - US strategic dialogue was held in Washington in June 2010.
Ahead of Ms Clinton's visit, the India-US high technology cooperation group will meet in New Delhi on July 11 and 12. Established in 2002, the group is the principal forum for advancing bilateral cooperation in advanced technologies, including in dual use and strategic trade. The third meeting of the India-US joint working group on civil space cooperation will be held on July 13 and 14 in Bengaluru.
During US president Barack Obama's visit to India in November 2010, the US had announced the easing of dual-use trade and declared support for India's full membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and three other entities.
Meanwhile, India has expressed disappointment that the authorities in Denmark could not comply with India's request for the extradition of Kim Davy to India to stand trial for his role in the Purulia arms drop case.
An MEA spokesman said, "In our view, the judgement has grave and far-reaching implications and can only serve as an encouragement to terrorists and criminals. We also completely reject the grounds cited by the Danish court as the basis for its decision."
The spokesman noted that the government of Denmark had decided on April 9, 2010 to extradite Kim Davy to India but the Danish authorities failed to successfully defend their decision in the Danish courts and it is regrettable that they have decided not to appeal the high court judgement in the supreme court.
"Our demand for the extradition of Kim Davy to India stands. He must face the law in India for his actions," the spokesman added.
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