Rocca in India for talks

Published March 18, 2002

NEW DELHI, March 17: United States Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca, will hold talks with senior Indian leaders starting on Monday, the latest in a spate of meetings between top officials of the two countries.

Rocca arrived in the Indian capital late on Saturday from Colombo as part of a South Asian tour that took her to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, US embassy spokesman Gordon Duguid told Reuters on Sunday

An Indian government official said Rocca was due to meet External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran and foreign ministry officials.—Reuters

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