OBAMA-LD ARRIVAL 2

En-route to Mumbai, Donilon told the travelling media
that 17 or 18 announcements across a range of economic,
security and political dimensions could be expected during the
visit.
"There will be a number of specific announcements,
obviously, as we go forward. But it really isn't just the
transactional nature here. It is the overall thrust of the
relationship," the US National Security Adviser (NSA) said.
Under Secretary of State William Burns said the
relationship with India has grown "quite dramatically" over
recent years and referred to the four-billion-dollar worth of
defence sales to India since 2008. "There are some other big
sales that are in the offing," he said.
"It is a relationship that has grown an enormous amount
in the last decade and, I think, has enormous potential as you
look out at this visit and beyond it," he said.
Deputy NSA Ben Rhodes said the first day of the trip will
focus on the "economic relationship, issues related to the
transactions, US exports, export controls, things in that
category".
Donilon said the Presidential trip has a "powerful
message" to the people of India and the people of the US about
the importance and the depth of the relationship and that is a
very important thing to do.
"The range of specific things that we are doing here
really is intended to show and, in fact demonstrate a global
partnership," he said. MORE PTI IAS
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