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BBC: Clinton reaches UK on Europe tour

11 October 2009 | 03:18 | FOCUS News Agency

London. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in the UK on
the second leg of a five-day tour of Europe, BBC reports.The Afghan
war and concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme are expected to be high
on the agenda when she meets Prime Minister Gordon Brown on
Sunday. Mrs Clinton arrived from Zurich in Switzerland, where she
attended the signing of a historic pact between Turkey and
Armenia. The two countries normalised relations after a century of
hostility. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs Philip Gordon said that while in Britain, Mrs Clinton would
"talk with senior UK officials on a wide range of bilateral and
transatlantic issues, including Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan".
Britain has the second largest troop deployment in Afghanistan after
the US. President Barack Obama is currently reviewing the strategy for
Afghanistan and spoke with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday to
discuss the issues.