National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has arrived in Washington to hold a series of meetings with top officials of the Barack Obama administration, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Menon reached Washington late Thursday night, several hours after his scheduled arrival, due to inclement weather in the region because of which his flights had to be diverted.
The NSA is in Washington to review the implementation of initiatives launched during the India visit of US President Barack Obama in November and discuss developments in Indo-US bilateral ties in preparation for the upcoming strategic dialogue in New Delhi this spring, State Department spokesman, P J Crowley told media persons at his daily news conference.
As a result of delay in his arrival due to inclement weather,