The US President Barack Obama left New Delhi this morning for Indonesia on the second leg of his Asian tour after the successful completion of his three day state visit to India. Mr. Obama and his wife Michelle were given a warm send-off by Union Minister Salman Khursheed, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and other officials. US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer was also present. Obama will be in Jakarta as part of his two-day visit to Indonesia, where he had spent four years of his childhood.Earlier last night, in a joint statement the two leaders reiterated that safe havens and infrastructure for terrorism and violent extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan has to be eliminated for success in regional and global security. Condemning terrorism in all its forms, the two sides agreed that all terrorist networks, including Lashkar e-Taiba, must be defeated. They also called for Pakistan to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks.The two leaders emphasized the importance of close cooperation in combating terrorist financing and in protecting the international financial system. They expressed a commitment to strengthen international cooperative activities that will reduce the risk of terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons or material without reducing the rights of nations that play by the rules to harness the power of nuclear energy to advance their energy security.The two leaders welcomed the completion of steps by the two governments for implementation of the India-US civil nuclear agreement and the start of negotiations and dialogue between the Indian operators and US nuclear energy companies. They expressed hope for early commencement of commercial cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector in India, which will stimulate economic growth and sustainable development and generate employment in both countries.The two Governments also resolved to further strengthen defense cooperation through security dialogue, exercises, and promoting trade and collaboration in defense equipment and technology. Sharing the vision for peace, stability and prosperity in Asia, the Indian Ocean region and the Pacific region the United States welcomes, in particular, India’s leadership in expanding prosperity and security across the region and the two leaders agreed to deepen existing regular strategic consultations on developments in East Asia.On Afghanistan the two sides committed to intensify consultation, cooperation and coordination to promote a stable, democratic, prosperous, and independent Afghanistan. President Obama appreciated India’s enormous contribution to Afghanistan’s development and welcomed enhanced Indian assistance that will help Afghanistan achieve self-sufficiency. The two sides resolved to pursue joint development projects with the Afghan Government in capacity building, agriculture and women’s empowerment.Prime Minister Singh and President Obama committed to work together to strengthen the global export control framework and further transform bilateral export control regulations and policies to realize the full potential of the strategic partnership between the two countries.The two leaders decided to take mutual steps to expand U.S.-India cooperation in civil space, defense, and other high-technology sectors. These steps include the United States removing Indian entities from the US Department of Commerce’s ‘Entity List’ and realignment of India in US export control regulations.In addition, the United States intends to support India’s full membership in the four multilateral export control regimes (Nuclear Suppliers Group, Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, and Wassenaar Arrangement) in a phased manner. They agreed to continue discussions on and seek ways to collaborate on future lunar missions, international space station, human space flight and data sharing, and to reconvene the Civil Space Joint Working Group in early 2011.They highlighted the just concluded Implementing Arrangement for enhanced monsoon forecasting that will begin to transmit detailed forecasts to farmers beginning with the 2011 monsoon rainy season as an important example of bilateral scientific cooperation advancing economic development, agriculture and food security.Hailing the recent growth in bilateral trade and investment the two leaders agreed on steps to reduce trade barriers and protectionist measures and encourage research and innovation to create jobs and improve livelihoods in their countries. They also welcomed expanding investment flow in both directions.