Mulford calls on Advani

With just a few days to go before his term comes to an end, US Ambassador to India David C Mulford on Saturday, called on Leader of Opposition LK Advani to bid farewell.

Mulford visited Advani at his residence at around 10:30 am and spent about 20 minutes with him. Sources close to Advani said it was just a courtesy call before Mulford leaves for his country after a successful tenure in India.

Mulford had also called on Union Home minister P Chidambaram earlier this week.

Though his tenure was scheduled to end last month, Mulford was asked to continue for some time by the newly-elected US president Barack Obama.

During Mulford's five-year tenure in India, the Indo-US ties saw a major boost. He was the key interlocutor of the Bush team on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.