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US ambassador presents copy of rare resolution to Manmohan Singh

On the eve of his visit on November 22, the US House of Representatives, in a rare gesture, had unanimously passed a resolution welcoming Singh and noted that the Indo-US ties had great potential to promote peace.

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The copy of a rare resolution passed by the US Congress welcoming prime minister Manmohan Singh to his State visit there in November last was today presented to him here by ambassador Timothy J Roemer.

Roemer presented the resolution put in a frame when he met Singh at his residence in Race Course Road, PMO sources said.

During the brief meeting, Singh and the ambassador also recalled the highly successful trip, that marked the first State visit by any foreign leader to the US since president Barack Obama took over in January 2009.

On the eve of his visit on November 22, the US House of Representatives, in a rare gesture, had unanimously passed a resolution welcoming Singh and noted that the Indo-US ties had great potential to promote peace, stability and democracy throughout the world.

The resolution, sponsored by Co-chairs of Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans Representatives Jim McDermott and Ed Royce, commended the maturating of the relationship between the two countries, exemplified by Singh's visit.

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