US President to look forward to meeting Manmohan Singh : White House
Washington: US President Barack Obama is looking forward to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday to discuss all the issues and share objectives of both the countries, said the White House.
Manmohan Singh’s on Friday meeting at Obama’s Oval Office at the White House will be his tenth meeting with the US leader, whom he has met seven other times at various other international fora.
“If you look at the course of the last decade, some of the most contentious issues like defence cooperation and nuclear energy are centerpieces of the ties today,” a senior administration official said in a conference call with the Indian media.
“Those are indications of a relationship, which is in active engagement stage. And that is the place where we want to keep it,” the official said asserting what Obama has repeatedly called a defining partnership in the 21st century was indeed “scaling that trajectory.
“The purpose of this short working visit is both to reflect and appreciate the decade of this transformation and the commitments of the leaders in the government to the strategic partnership,” the official said.
