Obama to share impressions of China visit with India

November 18, 2009 10:44 am | Updated December 17, 2016 05:22 am IST - Washington

Terming India as a key ally and major partner, the United States on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama will share impressions and thoughts of his ongoing China visit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when the latter arrives here for a state visit next week.

Dr. Singh would be the first head of government to be hosted at the White House after President Obama took over in January this year.

“I am sure that since the President will have just gotten back from China, and that’ll be fresh on his mind that he will share some of his impressions and thoughts about his visit to China as well,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters in response to a question.

Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Dr. Singh at the White House on November 24.

Noting that the White House is working on an agenda for the Indo-US summit, Kelly said Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns has been very actively involved in coordinating the strategic dialogue framework that the US has with India.

“The Secretary (of State, Hillary Clinton) looks forward to participating in these meetings. I think she is going to host at least one event here at the State Department,” he added.

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