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This is an archive article published on May 30, 2009

Hillary calls Krishna,likely to visit India in July

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called External Affairs M minister SM Krishna for the first time after he assumed office.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called External Affairs M minister SM Krishna on Friday for the first time after he assumed office. A US spokesperson said that the telephone conversation was ‘private and confidential’.

While details of the talks are not know,sources said that Clinton is expected to visit India in July this year,her first visit to the country after taking over as the Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

The phone conversation comes ahead of a visit by top US diplomat William Burns,the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,who will be in India next month. Burns,who is in charge of Foreign Affairs,will visit the capital in June.

Sources said that high on his agenda will be final talks on the end user verification agreement that the two countries need to sign so that India can procure sensitive military technology from Washington.

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