Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr held yesterday telephonic conversations with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A Spokesman for the U.S. Secretary of State said Hillary Clinton invited Bob Carr to visit the United States at the beginning of spring, which begins next week in the northern United States. The Spokesman said the continual works of friendship and alliance between the United States and Australia during the past six decades, had led to serving stability, security and development around the world.