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US Vice-President Joe Biden due to begin India visit US Vice-President Joe Biden due to meet India PM Singh
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US Vice-President Joe Biden is due to begin a four-day visit to India to boost diplomatic and economic ties. US Vice-President Joe Biden is due to told talks with Indian PM Manmohan Singh during a four-day visit to India to boost diplomatic and economic ties.
Mr Biden is the first US vice-president to visit India in three decades.Mr Biden is the first US vice-president to visit India in three decades.
He is due to hold talks with PM Manmohan Singh in Delhi before heading to the financial capital, Mumbai, to meet business leaders and deliver a speech on the economy. Mr Biden will also travel to the financial capital, Mumbai, to meet business leaders and deliver a speech on the economy.
Trade between two countries has grown from $9bn in 1995 to nearly $100bn (£66bn) this year. Trade between two countries has grown from $9bn (£5.9) in 1995 to nearly $100bn this year.
Mr Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, arrived in New Delhi on Monday evening.
He went immediately to visit a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, writing in the visitors' book that it was an "honour and great privilege" to to see a place "memorialising one man who changed the world".
Ahead of his visit Mr Biden had said in an interview with the Times of India newspaper that the world's two biggest democracies had a "tremendous capability to work together" but should be doing more.
But there are areas of concern - the US wants India to allow greater access to American firms, and a landmark nuclear deal has not delivered the lucrative contracts it promised to.But there are areas of concern - the US wants India to allow greater access to American firms, and a landmark nuclear deal has not delivered the lucrative contracts it promised to.
Correspondents say India is concerned over next year's withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Correspondents say India is concerned about next year's withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
It has spent $2bn in aid to Afghanistan and fears the return of Taliban after the US withdrawal. India has spent $2bn in aid in Afghanistan and fears the return of Taliban once the US leaves.
"We strongly support the role India has played in Afghanistan, leveraging its economic strength to improve Afghanistan's economy," Mr Biden told The Times of India in an interview. "We strongly support the role India has played in Afghanistan, leveraging its economic strength to improve Afghanistan's economy," Mr Biden told the Times.
He said India's aid "will help to ensure our common goal of a stable and prosperous future for the Afghan people".He said India's aid "will help to ensure our common goal of a stable and prosperous future for the Afghan people".
During his landmark visit to India in November 2010, President Barack Obama had said Washington and Delhi's relationship would be one of the century's defining partnerships.During his landmark visit to India in November 2010, President Barack Obama had said Washington and Delhi's relationship would be one of the century's defining partnerships.
"India is a natural ally of the US but... relations require greasing occasionally because insecurities have crept in, especially on the Indian side," Subhash Agrawal of the Delhi-based think tank India Focus told AFP news agency.
"The vice-president's visit is going to clear the air and create confidence on both sides and help rebuild the momentum that was lost after Mr Obama's visit."