New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will start a three-day visit to the US beginning Tuesday.

The Ministry of External Affairs said Misri's trip to the US is a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington in February.

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"Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be visiting Washington DC from May 27-29 to meet with senior officials of the US administration," it said.

"The visit is a follow-up to the prime minister's visit to the United States in February when both sides had launched the India-US COMPACT (Catalysing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce & Technology) for the 21st Century," it said in a statement.

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