Ahead of Indo-US Strategic Dialogue early next month, the US has termed India as a "great and emerging global power". US State Department spokesman P J Crowley told reporters in Washington that US- India have a range of interests which are significant in terms of the environment, in terms of regional security, in terms of counterterrorism, economic issues. He and said, the talks,next week, will take the relationship between the two nations to a new level. <br/> <br/>Leading a high-power delegation of several Cabinet Ministers, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna is scheduled to reach in Washington in the next couple of days for the first Indo-US Strategic Dialogue from June 1 to June 4.<br/> <br/>During Clinton's visit to India, last year, it was decided that the strategic dialogue should be launched between the two countries.<br/>