Clinton in Delhi on transit

New Delhi, July 20: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here today on a transit visit en route to South Korea.

The plane carrying Clinton and her delegation was seen parked at the Palam Technical Area at around 2030 hrs by a group of journalists accompanying External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to Kabul where he attended the International Conference on Afghanistan.

When Krishna met Clinton in Kabul she told him that she will be in New Delhi tonight as she is flying to Seoul, South Korea, and her aircraft needs refuelling.

She said she will be at the airport in Delhi for 100 minutes and added that probably she will be sleeping at that time.

According to reports from Seoul, Clinton will make an unprecedented trip to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas tomorrow.

–Agencies