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Saturday, September 27, 2008 (06:28:56) |
| Tags : Condoleezza Rice, India, Nuclear Deal, USA |
Rice to visit India next month |
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New York/Washington: With the nuclear deal poised for an approval by the US Congress, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit India next month to sign the 123 bilateral agreement, that will seal the landmark deal. "We are discussing the possibility of the visit of the Secretary of State to India. We have been trying it for sometime and looking for possibility of dates," Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told reporters on Thursday night after talks between US President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"Rice will come to India early next month. If the Congress approves the 123 pact, it will be signed during Rice's visit," an official, privy to nuclear negotiations, said. The India-US 123 pact, the bilateral accord that set terms for nuclear business between the two countries, will be signed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Rice.
The Bush administration is working overtime to ensure that the India nuclear accord is wrapped up by the time Manmohan Singh concludes his five-day visit to the US on Saturday. In his talks with Mammohan Singh at the White House, Bush assured the Indian Prime Minister that his administration was "working hard to get the deal passed as quickly as possible". (IANS) |
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