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KEY MEETING: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
New York: Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee met the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on Thursday night and held discussions with her on the civilian nuclear deal. During their half-an-hour meeting, they also discussed several regional and international issues of mutual concern. Officials said the meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere. Mr.Mukherjee also met a number of key foreign officials including Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, president of the current 61st UN General Assembly session. The Minister, scheduled to make a speech to the General Assembly on September 27, also met Foreign Ministers of Benin, Jordan and Eritrea.
Saran holds talks
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran met some Congressmen and officials in Washington and is understood to have discussed the nuclear agreement that is expected to come soon on the Senate floor. The House of Representatives, lower house of Congress, has already passed the Bill. Mr Saran met House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, Republican Majority Leader William First and the Minority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday. Before returning here to join India's delegation to the U.N. General Assembly, he also met Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Robert Joseph and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Relations David McCormick. — PTI, UNI
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