- India and US will hold their fourth strategic dialogue at New Delhi on June 24
- US delegation led by: Secretary of State John Kerry
- The Indian side led by: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid
AGENDA:
- The export of shale gas by the US to India and the civil-nuclear energy cooperation
SHALE GAS EXPORT:
- Under the current US laws, Washington cannot export shale gas to countries with which it does not have a free trade agreement (FTA).
- Recently, the US Department of Energy had approved one licence for export of shale gas to a non-FTA country.
- The sense in Washington is that selling shale gas to India will serve national interest as it will discourage New Delhi to buy it from Iran
H1B & L CATEGORY VISAS:
- India concerned over high visa costs and problems, especially affecting the IT sector
- US promises to do whatever possible as it is a matter of legislation
- India says need to factor in concerns of both sides
SECURITY & DEFENCE SECTOR:
- India and the US agree on the need to go beyond buyer-seller relations
- To include defence co-develop and co-manufacturing and widen defence trade and industry collaboration
- Both sides plan fresh round of whole-of-government cyber security consultations
- Washington and New Delhi to cooperate missions to recover remains of US service members from World War II
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