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First Look: Mukherjee meets Rice in New York
September 27, 2007
(From L-R) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US amabassador to India David Mulford, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard BoucherExternal Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met in New York on Thursday and reviewed bilateral relations across 'a gamut of items of cooperation'.

The two leaders expressed satisfaction at the strengthening bilateral relations and increasing cooperation in various fields between India and the US. Later, Mukherjee described the 45-minute discussion as a "good meeting."

However, a press release issued by the Indian Permanent Mission in New York after the meeting, held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, did not mention whether the India-United States nuclear agreement came in for discussion.

"The two leaders considered the international situation and exchanged their views on issues of concern," stated the release.

Photograph: Jay Mandal



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