PM meets Obama in Washington, discuss Afghanistan Pakistan situation
Obama walked down across the White House to meet 77-year-old Singh at the Blair House, the US president's official guest house, their second meeting in nearly five months.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh tonight met US president Barack Obama and is understood to have discussed nuclear security, India's concerns over American military aid to Pakistan and the volatile situation in Afghanistan.Obama (48) walked down across the White House to meet 77-year-old Singh at the Blair House, the US president'sofficial guest house, their second meeting in nearly fivemonths.
Singh and Obama had last met at the White House on November 24, 2009 during the former's State Visit.
The controversial Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, which is caught in a political quagmire in India with opposition parties strongly objecting to certain aspects of the proposed legislation, is also believed to have figured during the talks.Officials said that Singh will use the occasion to inform Obama that the nuclear liability bill is going through democratic processes in India and he hopes it to be passed by Parliament at the earliest.The US has been pushing for an early passage of the Bill given that the American companies are feeling left behind in the race as other major players from countries like France and Russia have already inked deals with India.
The Indian side will raise the issue of extradition of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headly, who has confessed to plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, they said. India wants direct access to the LeT operative to unravel the entire conspiracy.