Schroeder coming this month

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, OCT. 12. India and Germany today exchanged notes on the latest developments in Afghanistan, and took stock of the direction in which the war against terrorism was proceeding.

These discussions - which took place as part of the Indo-German strategic dialogue - are likely to finetune the agenda of the visit of the German Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, this month-end.

The Indian side was led by the Foreign Secretary, Ms. Chokila Iyer, while the German delegation was headed by her counterpart, Mr. Juergen Chrobog.

Soon after Mr. Schroeder's visit, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, will leave for Moscow. The Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Ilya Klebanov, is arriving here on Sunday.

Mr. Klebanov will be meeting the President, Mr. K.R. Narayanan, the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, and the National Security Adviser, Mr. Brajesh Mishra.

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