Obama's India visit to take ties to new level: Shankar

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 31 (PTI) US President Barack Obama's
visit to India in early November would take the bilateral
relationship to a new level and demonstrate how the two
countries are working together to find solutions to the
pressing global challenges, India's envoy here has said.
India is looking forward to the visit of Obama to India
in November this year, Indian Ambassador to the US Meera
Shankar said in her remarks after signing the agreement on
reprocessing of US spent nuclear fuel by India.
"We are confident that the visit would take our
relationship to the next level and demonstrate how the two
countries are working together to find solutions to the
pressing global challenges of the day and for promotion of
peace and stability in Asia and beyond", Shankar said.
Bill Burns, the Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs signed the agreement on behalf of the US, which marks
the final steps in terms of implementation of the Indo-US
civilian nuclear deal.
"The signing of this Agreement today, and a few days
back, of the Counter-terrorism Cooperation initiative in New
Delhi, is also a reflection of our deepening ties," Shankar
said.
"We have had in the last month our first Strategic
Dialogue, the meeting of the CEO's Forum, as well as several
other high level visits," she said in her remarks. PTI LKJ
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