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Burns on his way to India and Pakistan
 US Undersecretary for Political Affairs R Nicholas "Monty" Burns will be visiting India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from January 16-25. An official announcement on Friday said: âOn his inaugural trip to Pakistan, Burns will meet senior Pakistani officials and opinion leaders to discuss broadening the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, review Pakistanâs progress towards full democracy, explore ways to foster greater regional cooperation and express the United Statesâ continued support for earthquake relief and reconstruction efforts.â According to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, the trip was originally planned as primarily focused on US-India relations. In India, he would talk about how the July 2005 US-India agreement on civil nuclear affairs is to be implemented. He would also discuss Iran with his Indian counterparts.âLast time around at the (International Atomic Energy Agency) Board of Governors, they (India) voted with other countries to find Iran in non-compliance. At the upcoming emergency session of the Board of Governors, weâll see how these other countries vote. Weâre not going to prejudge how any particular country is going to vote at this time, but ⊠we believe we have the votes in the IAEA Board of Governors to send this matter to the Security Council.â The two sides will discuss how to strengthen their strategic partnership. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-15 |
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