Washington, July 15 - The contours of 'an enhanced US-India strategic partnership' offering solutions to the challenges of 21st century will top US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's agenda on her five day visit starting Friday.
Clinton, who starts her first visit to India as America's chief diplomat in Mumbai July 17, will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, other government officials, the leader of the opposition, entrepreneurs, scientists, and youth, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday.
With Krishna, she 'will discuss the structure and elements of an enhanced US-India strategic partnership that will enable us to advance solutions to the defining challenges of our time and to enhance global prosperity and stability in the 21st century,' he told reporters.
In Mumbai, she will meet with a broad cross section of Indian society and will remember the victims of the Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks before travelling to New Delhi July 19. Clinton leaves for Thailand July 21.
Kelly, who will be part of the US team, said Clinton had no plans of stopping by or visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan during her trip. 'I'm sure that she will visit Afghanistan and Pakistan, but not on this visit. It's just to India and Thailand,' he said.
Clinton had given the first broad exposition of Washington's agenda for India at the US-India Business Council's (USIBC) Synergies Summit here last month with a pledge to build what she called the 'US-India 3.