United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will soon be visiting India to finalise the nuclear deal and pave the way for an official visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington.
In the aftermath of the marathon negotiations between Indian and the US negotiations teams last week on the 123 Agreement, there has been this perception that Rice will be travelling to India soon.
The two negotiating teams came to a final understanding on the divisive issues separating them on Reprocessing and the "Right of Return" of fuel, equipment and materials in the event that India conducted another test.
The details of the agreement have not been disclosed as it would have to be cleared by higher political authorities in Washington and New Delhi.
"At this point, I don't have anything to add to that statement. I would expect in the coming days, perhaps we will, but... right now, I don't," a State Department Spokesman said in response to a query.
"As for the Secretary's travelling to India, I expect that she will at some point. I can't tell you when. That's not been scheduled, but she looks forward to travelling to India again," the spokesman added.
Indications are that Rice might be in India in August or September to give further finality to the 123 Agreement that is expected to fully materialise during a meeting between the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the US President George W Bush.
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