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Rumsfeld gives Advani a surprise,
calls on him at latter's hotel
T V Parasuram in Washington |
June 09, 2003 08:28 IST
In another major gesture signaling the importance the US attaches to ties with India, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called on Deputy Prime Minister Advani shortly after the latter arrived in Washington from New York on a week-long official visit to the US.
"In a very special gesture, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came to meet Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani at his hotel on Sunday, as Rumsfeld was going to be travelling out of Washington DC," a statement issued by the Indian embassy in Washington said adding, "The minister has greatly appreciated this gesture."
Bilateral issues, including growing defence cooperation between the United States and India, figured prominently during talks between the two leaders.
"Secretary Rumsfeld raised the question of India contributing troops for the stabilisation of Iraq. The deputy prime minister said that this matter was under the consideration of the government of India and that a decision will be taken after taking all aspects into account," it said.
The two leaders suggested have proposed that the next meeting of the US-India Defence Policy Group in Washington on August 6-7 for, the statement said.
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We should not send any troops to Iraq. and why should we...is anybody thinking clearly what we are doing here....if you do this you will ...
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Sub: Advani's Impromtu Meet With Rumsfeld
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is very shrewd and well briefed about current India US Defence relations.At present are limited to intense senior level exchanges and ...
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The US request to India to send troops to Iraq is a welcome gesture .India should grab this oppurtunity without any hesitation.India has a good ...
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I do not understand why Indian government should play coy on the issue of providing Indian troops to US occupation in Iraq. UN Security Council ...
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as a peace loving country india needs to keep up its international role on peace,so it needs to play a role in iraq now.so,why not ...
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