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US, India may sign 3 accords
NEW DELHI. Mar 19: American President Bill Clinton flew into New Delhi today on a tour of three South Asian nations, hoping to improve Indo-US relations, boost trade with .^augjadesh and. uu dge Pak-. istan’s military administration into restoring democracy, re-
ports AP.
Clinton's Boeing 747 jetliner. Air Force One, landed at 8:08 pm at an Indian air force station that is part of the Indira Gandhi International Airport amicL- the. . tightest security mounted in India's capital.
It was the first visit by an
American president to India in 22 years; the earlier one was in 1978 by Jimmy Carter.
The president was accompanied his daughter. Chelsea, a student at Stanford University, dud-, kis - uiothcr-?B.-li*v. Dorothy Rodham. His wife. Hillary, stayed in the United
States to campaign for a US Senate seat in New York.
The president walked down the stairs of blue-and white jet waving, with Chelsea holding his arm. He was greeted by For-
'Minister Jaswant Singh and his deputy, Ajit Panja, and driven to his hotel in a bulletproof limousine through empty streets. Security forces halted all traffic and kept away pedestrians 200 meters from the route taken by his 40-car convoy.
Thousands of armed policemen patrolled the streets, while military helicopters buzzed overhead as Clinton's convoy sped through the highway from the airport to the Maurya Sheraton hotel.
The president had no events on his schedule the first night and said he was glad to have arrived in time for dinner. "I love Indian food," he told reporters on his plane.
Tomorrow. Clinton will fly to Dhaka, capital of neighbouring Bangladesh for a daylong visit, the first by an American president. American businesses are helping Bangladesh tap its vast resources ofnatural gas.
Clinton will fly back to New Delhi late tomorrow. His five-day tour of India officially begins Tuesday with a ceremonial welcome at the sandstone Khare of India's President. KR arayanan.
On Saturday. Clinton will stop over briefly in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan to meet with Gen Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler of Pakistan, before returning to Washington
BSS adds: India and the united States are expected to
sign three broad agreements to promote bilateral cooperation In the fields of science and technology, energy and information technology during Clinton's visit.
There will be an agreement on science and technology as well as one of energy cooperation. An Indo-US science and technology forum will be set up to enable scientists from both the countries to establish a comprehensive data bank, exchange ideas dn technology and Joint endeavors in certain fields.
Reuters, says. Clinton will urge India and Pakistan to curb their nuclear programmes and ease long-simmering tensions over Kashmir during his one week visit to South Asia. US officials said.
"Our view is that a nuclear future is a dangerous future for them and for the world." US National Security Adviser Sandy Berger told reporters on Thursday. "Our ultimate goal would be to persuade them to give up their nuclear programme."
Berger said that Clinton would press India and Pakistan to take four specific steps; Joining the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, restraining their nuclear programmes, ceasing to produce fissile material and tightening their export controls.