By IANS
Washington : Here is a timeline of major events in India-US relations in 2007:
Jan 24 – India and US sign letter of intent promote reciprocal trade and opportunities for strategic linkages between small and medium enterprises.
Feb 22 – India-US High Technology Cooperation Group sets targets on easing private sector trade in “dual-use” advanced technology products.
Feb 23 – Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon discusses nuclear deal with chief US negotiator Nick Burns, says 123 Agreement will be worked out “as soon as possible”.
Feb 28 – Indo-US Joint Working Group on Counter terrorism agrees to find new ways to forge institutional linkages to foster closer interaction and cooperation.
March 20 – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora discusses cooperation in hydrocarbon under the Indo-US Energy Dialogue.
April 2 – India, US, renew agreement on environmental cooperation.
April 10 – First India-US Defence Joint Working Group meets in New Delhi.
April 13 – Formation of US-India Private sector advisory group on trade policy announced.
April 23 – US-India aviation partnership summit to promote greater cooperation between their aviation sectors held in New Delhi.
April 26 – US agrees to grant market access for Indian mangoes.
May 1 – First consignment of Indian mangoes reaches the US.
May 7 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush review developments pertaining to negotiations on bilateral civil nuclear cooperation over phone.
May 9 – Indian Naval Sail Ship Tarangini visits the US.
May 30 – US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, visits India to discuss nuclear deal; 123 Agreement eludes “positive and useful visit”.
June 15 – Fifth US-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI) board meeting agrees on bio-security cooperation to reduce the threat to crops from alien invasive species.
June 21 – The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) becomes a member of Washington Accord.
June 22 – Indian Navy commissions old US warhorse, USS Trenton, its first warship acquired from the US, as INS Jalashwa (Sea Hippopotamus).
June 22 – India, US sign MoU to establish the India-US Aviation Cooperation Programme for developing and modernising India’s civil aviation infrastructure.
June 27 – Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath attends ‘Global India Summit’ on ‘the importance of a deeper trade relationship’.
July 11 – Manmohan Singh and Bush hold a telephonic conversation ahead of talks between their National Security Advisers.
July 20 – India-US finalise the 123 Agreement, exactly two years and two days after the bilateral July 18, 2005 agreement on a civil nuclear deal.
July 27 – External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issue joint statement on completion of civil nuclear negotiations.
Aug 3 – Text of ‘123’ Agreement released.
Aug 13 – Manmohan Singh informs the Lok Sabha about ‘123’ Agreement.
Aug 14 – In a telephonic conversation Manmohan Singh and Bush review the status of Indo-US relations in several areas, including in the area of civil nuclear energy cooperation.
Aug 16 – Pranab Mukherjee tells Parliament India has the sovereign right to test and would do so if it is necessary in national interest. Nowhere in the bilateral 123 Agreement is testing mentioned.
Sep 23 – Incredible India@60 festivities begin in New York. Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi addresses the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
Sep 24 – India-US Memorandum of Cooperation on public transportation signed.
Sep 26 – In an address at the Wharton School, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram says with India going from local to global “this is the best time to have a business in India and also find your way to do business in other countries of the world”.
Sep 27 – Pranab Mukherjee represents India at a US sponsored meeting of major economies on energy security and climate change.
Oct 4 – India, US sign agreement in New Delhi for the development of low-cost diagnostics and therapeutic medical technologies.
Oct 15 – In a telephonic conversation Manmohan Singh explains to Bush “that certain difficulties have arisen with respect to the operationalisation of the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement”.
Oct 29 – Pranab Mukherjee has a telephone conversation with Rice on “the India-US Agreement for Cooperation on Civil Nuclear Energy and regional issues”.
Nov 27 – Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal represents India at the Annapolis Conference for Peace in the Middle East.
Nov 29 – India-US Joint Working Group on Counter terrorism meets in Washington to discuss bilateral cooperation in fighting the global menace of terrorism.
Dec 14 – Healthcare experts from India and the US meet in New Delhi.