Manmohan arrives in Geneva on way to US

GENEVA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday arrived here on his way to Washington as the first state guest of US President Barack Obama.

Manmohan Singh will land in Washington Sunday to begin a five-day visit to the US that is expected to unveil a new framework for deepening the strategic India-US partnership around key global challenges ranging from counter-terrorism to climate change and non-proliferation.

Manmohan Singh will hold talks with Obama Tuesday on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues to take the strategic partnership to another level.

Besides firming up a framework for counter-terror cooperation and completing remaining steps of the nuclear deal, the two sides are expected to ink 10 agreements in areas ranging from intellectual property rights, trade and investment, agriculture, health and green technologies.