Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is leaving for a nine-day long tour on November 21.
Dr Singh will take a break in Geneva before reaching Washington on the evening of November 22. He, along with his wife Gursharan Kaur, will stay at the luxurious and heritage Hotel Willard Inter Continental.
The hotel is located at 1401, Pennsylvania Avenue, just two blocks away from the White House.
Dr Singh's official engagements start only on November 23. His first public engagement is with the members of the United States India Business Council.
He will also meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the same day.
On November 24, Dr Singh will meet US President Barack Obama. Dr Singh, Obama and their respective teams will discuss an entire range of issues starting from Af-Pak, India's role in it and climate change.
The meeting between the two leaders will set the tone of diplomacy between the two nations for the coming days. On the same day, Obama will host the first State Dinner of his presidency for Dr Singh at the White House. It is expected to be a not-to-be-missed kind of grand affair.
On November 25, Dr Singh will address the Indian American community and a group of prominent businessmen at a function organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Confederation of Indian Industry and others.
The PM will leave for Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on the morning of November 26. He will return to India in the wee hours of November 30.
A senior officer at the Ministry of External Affairs told rediff.com, "The visit of PM Singh is for the reaffirmation of strategic partnership. Things are expected to go smoothly with both sides agreeing to take up thorny issues like the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Logistics Support Agreement at a later stage."
