The United States has sought to strengthen its relationship with India. The Indian Ambassador to US Ms. Meera Shankar told our correspondent in Washington that Indo-US relationship has evolved into a comprehensive partnership of mutual trust and confidence and the two countries are prepared to take it to a new level. She said US views India as a growing world power with which it shares common strategic interests. The two countries also share an interest in fighting terrorism and in creating a strategically stable Asia. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh now on his way to the United States has reached Geneva. He will leave for Washington today. Dr. Singh will address the US Chamber of Commerce as well as the Senate Foregin relations committee tomorrow. He will hold discussion with the President Barak Obama and other US top officials on Tuesday. AIR special correspondent S. Mathias covering the Prime Ministers visit reports from Geneva that a Memorandum of Understanding on measures to counter terrorism is on the anvil. Washington will give more equipment to India so that the use of cell phones can be pin pointed in remote areas. Cooperation in the field of security is expected to be closer. The four-day visit of the Prime Minister to the US is on the invitation of President Barak Obama to further strengthen relations between the world's two largest democracies. Our correspondent reports that Dr. Singh will be the first foreign leader to be hosted as state guest by the Obama administration. Before leaving New Delhi yesterday the Prime Minister said in a statement that a sustained and dynamic Indo-US relationship is essential to meet the global challenges of the 21st century. He said international terrorism, climate change, global economic slow down, WTO talks, disarmament and non-proliferation will come up for discussion during his meeting with President Obama. In the second leg of his tour the Prime Minister will travel to Port-of-Spain the capital of Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.