New Delhi : The serial bomb blasts that shook Mumbai on July 13 figured very high in the India-United States strategic dialogue held in New Delhi on Tuesday between visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her counterpart External Affairs Minister S M Krishna.
Krishna mentioned the terror attack, in which 19 people have been killed, in his opening remarks at the delegation-level talks and said India appreciated the solidarity shown by her and the US government.
The dialogue is aimed at providing an opportunity to take stock of the progress in bilateral relations and cooperation and to hold consultations on global and regional issues of interest, besides charting out a short to medium-term road map of cooperation in priority sectors for the two governments.
Coming less than a week after the Mumbai blasts, discussions on security challenges in the region are expected to be high on the agenda with the US asserting that they are “committed to this important relationship with India with regard to cooperation in counter-terrorism and security concerns and we will be as responsive