January 23, 2015 12:55 PM

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India, US may reach consensus on top priority areas: Jaitley

Ahead of US President Barack Obama's India visit, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the two countries should be able to reach consensus on areas that are of top priority for cooperation between them. He was speaking in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting. Without specifically mentioning the areas, Mr Jaitley said the two countries share a mature relationship and there were many areas where they already agree to each other. When asked if these areas will include climate change and nuclear issues, he said, they have different approaches to climate change and therefore to have a common stand, it is for those involved in the negotiations to comment. He said, India is doing its own bit on climate change and it is coming out with more programmes on renewable energy than any other country in the world. To a question on whether there were some problems in negotiations over nuclear matters, the Finance Minister said, he was not privy to the talks at the moment and it will not be fair for him to comment on that. However, Mr Jaitley said that he certainly expects positive outcome from the Obama visit.

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