| PRESS RELEASE
Amar Sinha
Counsellor (Press, Information & Culture)
Embassy of India
Washington, DC
(202) 939-7042
August 24, 1998
India - US bilateral talks
The Indian and US delegations, led by the special representatives
of Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Clinton, Deputy Chairman Jaswant
Singh and Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott engaged in the fourth
round of a series of intensive discussions that began in June, 1998. During
his visit to Washington, Deputy Chairman Singh had meetings at the Departments
of Defense and Energy and met with Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson,
Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff General Joseph Ralston.
The talks were serious and constructive, with a view to
putting relations between India and the United States on a sound and secure
footing for the future. The two sides discussed issues of disarmament and
non-proliferation, as well as current regional developments and the international
situation.
Deputy Chairman Singh and Deputy Secretary Talbott agreed
to meet again in the coming weeks. |