US Under Secretary of State William Burns and Chief Point person for South Asia Robert Blake today met External affairs minister S M Krishna.Later in the day he is scheduled to meet the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The series of meeting assume importance as they take place ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to India early next month.During the two-day stay in Delhi they are expected to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and other senior Indian officials. Two sides are expected to 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 therelaxation 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 Manmohan Singh meets the US president.