New Delhi: Cooperation in high-tech trade, regional situation and terror links of ISI as revealed during the trial of Pakistani-Canadian terrorist Tahawwur Rana trial are among the issues expected to be taken up during the second India-US Strategic Dialogue to be held here on July 19.
The Dialogue, led by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his US counterpart Hillary Clinton, will focus on the ways to take the on-going US-India strategic partnership to new heights in various key areas and would involve in-depth discussion on global, regional and bilateral issues.
Noting that details of Secretary of State Clinton's visit to India and her programme are being worked out, Ministry of External Affairs said the dialogue will be preceded by the meeting of the India-US High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) which will be hosted by Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on July 11-12.
HTCG, established in 2002, is the principal forum for advancing India-US cooperation in advanced technologies, including in dual use and strategic trade.
The industry component of the meeting will be held on July 11 followed by government to government dialogue on July 12, it said, adding the third meeting of the India-US JWG on civil space cooperation will be held on July 13-14 in
Bangalore.
Meanwhile, sources have indicated that the issue of terror links of ISI, as revealed during Rana's trial in Chicago, are also expected to be raised by India.
Counter terrorism, energy cooperation, science and technology, commerce and trade are among the areas that have already been identified as key sectors of cooperation between the two countries at the first round of dialogue.
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