US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is arriving in New Delhi Monday evening for the second round of Indo-US strategic dialogue. Security issues with focus on the recent Mumbai bomb blasts and cooperation on counter-terrorism will figure prominently in the talks. Besides the situation in the region and bilateral trade ties, civil nuclear cooperation will also be part of the strategic dialogue. The dialogue to be led by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his US counterpart Ms Clinton will also see the two sides taking up regional and international issues of mutual interest, including the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mr. Krishna will be assisted by Deputy-Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Advisor to the Prime Minister Sam Pitroda among others. Ms Clinton will be accompanied by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and other senior officials. An External Affairs Ministry spokesman said that the dialogue is based on five pillars which include strategic cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism, energy and trade. When asked if India will seek assistance from the US in the July 13 Mumbai terror blasts investigations, the sources in the external affairs ministry said that America has already offered its assistance and there is a robust cooperation between the two countries, especially after the 26/11 attacks, including in the area of threat assessment and intelligence sharing. AIR correspondent reports that combating terrorism and strengthening strategic cooperation will be high on the agenda of talks. The issue of safe havens for terrorists in India's neighbourhood, Indian IT companies facing difficulties in the US and visa restrictions hampering the movement of these professionals are likely to figure prominently in the talks. India is likely to draw American attention for becoming a member of multilateral nuclear export regimes. Transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology may also figure in the talks in the wake of recent decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to strengthen its norms of transfer. Indian maintains that move is not aimed against New Delhi and India specific clean waiver will remain in place. During her stay in the national capital Ms. Clinton will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will meet National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon.