Obama to meet Manmohan Singh on Sunday to discuss civil nuclear deal

US president Barack Obama and prime minister Manmohan Singh will meet here on Sunday, during which the two leaders will discuss the civil nuclear deal and other bilateral and regional issues.
   
A top White House official today said Obama and Singh would meet on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. 

"They would discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues," Gary Samore, senior adviser to the president, said.

This would be the first meeting between Obama and Singh after the the November 24 White House State Dinner in Washington.

Obama will also meet Pakistani premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the summit.    

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs had on Wednesday said besides a host of bilateral and regional issues, the civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries is expected to figure between Obama and Singh when they meet on Sunday.

The US and India have concluded the negotiations on Reprocessing Agreement, crucial for the implementation of the
Indo-US civil nuclear deal.