US compliments India for New Silk Road initiative
US administration has complimented India for its active participation in the New Silk Road initiative to strengthen transit and trade in South and Central Asia .According to US State department ,Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has a 40 minute meeting with her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session on Monday evening.
According to State Department Hillary Clinton urged India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. India's nuclear liability regime has become a point in discussion with the US Officials .They maintain this has hampered full implementation. They describe the Indian compensation law as tough.
Clinton and Krishna agreed on the importance of the two countries' shared bilateral, regional and global efforts to combat terrorism and the establishment of the new Global Counterterrorism forum. They also discussed West Asia peace, and both ministers expressed the hope that the Israelis and Palestinians will take up the proposal put forward by the Quartet Sep 23 and come back to the negotiating table.
Situation in Syria, also came up for review. Ms Clinton also thanked Mr Krishna for India's peacekeeping contribution in South Sudan, and they discussed the need to work with both Khartoum and Juba to quell the violence in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan.
According to State Department Hillary Clinton urged India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. India's nuclear liability regime has become a point in discussion with the US Officials .They maintain this has hampered full implementation. They describe the Indian compensation law as tough.
Clinton and Krishna agreed on the importance of the two countries' shared bilateral, regional and global efforts to combat terrorism and the establishment of the new Global Counterterrorism forum. They also discussed West Asia peace, and both ministers expressed the hope that the Israelis and Palestinians will take up the proposal put forward by the Quartet Sep 23 and come back to the negotiating table.
Situation in Syria, also came up for review. Ms Clinton also thanked Mr Krishna for India's peacekeeping contribution in South Sudan, and they discussed the need to work with both Khartoum and Juba to quell the violence in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan.
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