US Under Secretary of State William Burns and Chief Pointperson for South Asia Robert Blake will hold two-day talks in New Delhi from Thursday ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India early next month. They are expected to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and senior Indian officials. During their meeting with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna two sides will focus on issues such as the easing of high-tech exports. Official sources said that there will be talks on removing Indian firms from the banned entities list that could signal the relaxation of much-needed high-tech exports to India. India is being denied technology in 11 of the 16 categories. S M Krishna had last week said India will raise concerns expressed by its IT industry over the US curbs on outsourcing when Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh meets the US President. The visit by Burns and Blake follow a string of recent high profile visits from Indian ministers to the US. These include trips by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao too met top US officials in Washington to firm up agenda for Obama's visit.