With the stardust around US President Barack Obama beginning to settle, and Washington going back to business as usual, newly appointed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the Indian response to cross border terror.
Clinton made the call a day after she assumed responsibilities as the top US diplomat and is reported to have expressed desires to take Indo-US bilateral ties to a new level.
"Secretary Clinton expressed her desire to work together with the External Affairs Minister to take the relationship between India and the US to a new level," the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
Both ministers agreed that they would like to further strengthen the excellent bilateral relationship between India and the United States.
The call came amid a worsening war of words between India and Pakistan, New Delh blames elements inside Pak territories of complexity in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. Islamabad, however, has continued to address Indian claims.
Congratulating the former US first lady on her appointment, MEA Mukherjee extended an invite to Clinton asking her to visit the country at a mutually convenient date.
Hillary Clinton has visited India on several occasions on official as well as private visits.
Clinton made the call a day after she assumed responsibilities as the top US diplomat and is reported to have expressed desires to take Indo-US bilateral ties to a new level.
"Secretary Clinton expressed her desire to work together with the External Affairs Minister to take the relationship between India and the US to a new level," the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
Both ministers agreed that they would like to further strengthen the excellent bilateral relationship between India and the United States.
The call came amid a worsening war of words between India and Pakistan, New Delh blames elements inside Pak territories of complexity in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. Islamabad, however, has continued to address Indian claims.
Congratulating the former US first lady on her appointment, MEA Mukherjee extended an invite to Clinton asking her to visit the country at a mutually convenient date.
Hillary Clinton has visited India on several occasions on official as well as private visits.
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