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On Sunday she moves to the capital New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna before heading to Thailand to lead the US delegation at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) talks.
Clinton's visit to Mumbai comes nine years after her husband, former president Bill, and their daughter, Chelsea, visited the city and is her first foreign trip since breaking her elbow a month ago.
She said this week that President Barack Obama's administration was "going to do everything we can to broaden and deepen our engagement" with the new Congress-led government in New Delhi, which swept to power in May.
Her agenda is set to be dominated by developing a landmark civilian nuclear deal struck between the two sides last year as well as issues like global security, non-proliferation, climate change and multilateral trade talks.
Clinton and aides have said they also hope to forge closer links on education, defence, agriculture, science and technology as well as economic and women's issues.
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Clinton's visit to Mumbai comes nine years after her husband, former president Bill, and their daughter, Chelsea, visited the city and is her first foreign trip since breaking her elbow a month ago.
She said this week that President Barack Obama's administration was "going to do everything we can to broaden and deepen our engagement" with the new Congress-led government in New Delhi, which swept to power in May.
Her agenda is set to be dominated by developing a landmark civilian nuclear deal struck between the two sides last year as well as issues like global security, non-proliferation, climate change and multilateral trade talks.
Clinton and aides have said they also hope to forge closer links on education, defence, agriculture, science and technology as well as economic and women's issues.
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