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Obama to visit India next year | President Barack Obama has accepted Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's invitation to visit India, and promised to come next year. Addressing a joint
press conference with Dr. Singh, President Obama said: "India today is a rising
and responsible global power in Asia. Indian leadership is expanding security
across the region.I am happy to accept Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation
to visit India next year." Dr. Singh and President Obama also pledged to fully
implement the civil nuclear deal signed by the two countries in 2008. Earlier
in the day, welcoming Dr. Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur, Obama said: "Mr.
prime minister, yours is the first official visit of my presidency and it is fitting
that you and India be so recognised." "This visit reflects the high esteem in
which I and American people hold for your wise leadership. It reflects the abiding
bonds, respect and friendship between our people, including our friends in the
Indian American community who join us today," he said. The Prime Minister is accompanied
by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan,
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, and Indian Ambassador to US Meera Shankar and
business leaders like Ratan Tata, etc. |
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