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Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to visit Washington
Menon will visit the US early next week to hold discussions with Americans officials in the wake of 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (N.S.G.) deciding to meet next month toconsider a waiver for India to carry out nuclear commerce.
India's efforts to get a quick and clean exemption from the N.S.G. for doing nuclear commerce did not materialiseyesterday following reservations by some countries.
Menon, who will be here on Monday, is also expected to discuss current developments in Pakistan following President Pervez Musharraf's resignation as also the escalating violence in Kashmir during his meeting with Under Secretary of Statefor Political Affairs William Burns.
According to sources, Menon's visit after N.S.G. meeting is "purely coincidental" as this trip had been planned longback.
"It is not just limited to the civilian nuclear initiative. Several other issues will be discussed including what is happening around India," the sources maintained, in an obvious reference to the goings on in Pakistan as also theescalating violence in Kashmir.
India's efforts to get a quick and clean exemption from the N.S.G. for doing nuclear commerce did not materialiseyesterday following reservations by some countries.
Menon, who will be here on Monday, is also expected to discuss current developments in Pakistan following President Pervez Musharraf's resignation as also the escalating violence in Kashmir during his meeting with Under Secretary of Statefor Political Affairs William Burns.
According to sources, Menon's visit after N.S.G. meeting is "purely coincidental" as this trip had been planned longback.
"It is not just limited to the civilian nuclear initiative. Several other issues will be discussed including what is happening around India," the sources maintained, in an obvious reference to the goings on in Pakistan as also theescalating violence in Kashmir.