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Rumsfeld visit on June 9

By Neena Vyas

NEW DELHI JUNE 4. The United States Defence Secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, is expected here on a day's visit on June 9 as part of a full-scale diplomatic offensive to avert a war between India and Pakistan.

A couple of days earlier, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, will be here after a brief visit to Islamabad.

Mr. Rumsfeld will be meeting the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, as well as the Union Home Minister, L.K.Advani, on June 9.

It is learnt that meetings with the External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, and the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, who will be back from Almaty summit tomorrow evening, are in the process of being fixed.

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