During his two days in the country Burns had what are described as "in depth" discussions with his counterpart, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.
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"Certainly, this is not the time for resumption of such cricket ties, " Indian foreign ministry spokeswoman Nirupama Rao was quoted as saying on Friday.
India's ambassador to the United States, Nirupama Rao, argued in USA Today that everyone benefits from a generous guest worker policy, with Indian tech firms also creating 50, 000 jobs for American workers and consumers benefiting from cheaper technology.
"The demands they made and the people whose release they demanded ... were definitely linked with al Qaeda, (and) I would like to think even the hijackers were linked with this terrorist organization, " says Indian government spokesman Nirupama Rao.