NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, SPA -- ASIA’S SECURITY AND GROWING U.S.-INDIA MILITARY TIES TOPPED THE AGENDA AS AMERICA’S TOP GENERAL BEGAN TALKS MONDAY WITH INDIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND MILITARY LEADERS. MARINE GEN. PETER PACE, CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, ARRIVED SUNDAY AND WAS SET TO MEET INDIA’S DEFENSE MINISTER AND MILITARY LEADERS ON HIS FOUR-DAY INDIA VISIT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTED A U.S. EMBASSY STATEMENT AS SAYING. --SPA 05/06/2006 12:04 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/366345