India-US set ‘robust agenda’ for next six months
12 Nov 2013 5:10 AM IST
During their White House meeting on 27 September which lasted over three hours, Obama and Singh agreed that the relationship between the two countries - described by the US President as the most significant one for the 21st century - is too important to keep adrift for a period of six months as India enters a crucial election phase.
As such Obama and Singh, who share a personal affinity between themselves, laid out a robust agenda of active engagement for the next six months and prepared the groundwork for what sources familiar with the talks described as ‘take off’ for the new Indian Government formed after the general election before May next year.
As part of this active engagement, newly-appointed Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal is soon expected to visit New Delhi which would be preceded by her trip to Tokyo for trilateral US-India-Japan talks.
As such Obama and Singh, who share a personal affinity between themselves, laid out a robust agenda of active engagement for the next six months and prepared the groundwork for what sources familiar with the talks described as ‘take off’ for the new Indian Government formed after the general election before May next year.
As part of this active engagement, newly-appointed Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal is soon expected to visit New Delhi which would be preceded by her trip to Tokyo for trilateral US-India-Japan talks.
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