New Delhi, May 17
Within a month of the killing of Osama bin Laden, India and the United States are set to hold their first-ever homeland security dialogue here on May 27.

The Indian side would be led by Home Minister P Chidambaram while the American team would be headed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

US Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Jane Lute this afternoon called up Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to discuss the programme and the agenda of the security dialogue. The two senior officials noted that working together to address the shared challenge of security was a strategic priority for both the nations. They hoped the security dialogue would further strengthen the Indo-US cooperation for the security of the two countries and their people, official sources said.

A new dialogue on homeland security was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama in November 2010. India and the US have been cooperating on counter-terrorism initiatives since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Sources said the Indian side would obviously like to know at the security dialogue the details of the Abbottabad operation carried out by the US forces in Pakistan on May 2 in which the Al-Qaida chief was killed.