The US Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Clinton arrived in Kolkata today on a 3-day visit to India. She is due to meet the West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms. Mamta Banerjee at the Writers' Building tomorrow.

Matters of mutual interests including US investment and FDI in retail sector are likely to figure in the talks. Mrs. Clinton will visit the Victoria Memorial and attend function organised by the Indian Council of Cultural relations today. Strict security arrangements have been made for Mrs. Clinton's visit.

Civil nuclear cooperation, regional security and Iran are among the key issues that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to discuss with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna during their meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.

During her stay in the national capital, she is expected to call on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh apart from holding talks with Mr. Krishna, during which they will also review progress made in their countries' strategic partnership ahead of the India-US strategic dialogue to be held in Washington on 13th of next month.

AIR correspondent reports that the meeting between Clinton and Indian leaders gains significance as it comes immediately after her high-level talks in China and ahead of the crucial NATO summit in Chicago, where some important decisions are expected to be made on Afghanistan.

The US, which has imposed sanctions against Tehran, has been asking India to restrict its import of crude oil from Iran but New Delhi has been maintaining that it only accepts sanctions which are made by the United Nations and not unilateral sanctions.