As President Barack Obama’s November visit to India draws ever closer, the behind-closed-doors discussions between the governments of India and the United States are gaining momentum. While administration officials are keeping silent on the specifics of the discussions, some of the important interactions underway this week were announced by the State Department.
On Thursday, the State Department announced, Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar would be meeting with the U.S. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, Robert Hormats. Further, Mr. Hormats was scheduled to meet Dr. K. Kasturirangan and members of the Indian Planning Commission, at the Department of State.
Additionally, signalling the likelihood that nuclear programmes and regional security issues may feature prominently in the Indo-U.S. interactions later this year, it was announced that the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Ellen Tauscher, had held a telephonic meeting with the Indian Foreign Secretary, Nirupama Rao.
