Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon to discuss bilateral and regional issues.
Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington in November, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan discussed with his US counterpart General James Jones the preparations for the Indian leader's trip and other issues of mutual interest.
Dismissing reports that around US $ 200 million per day is being spent by the US on the India visit of its President Barack Obama later this week, the White House has that such news reports lack credence.
On the eve of the first post 26/11 Indo-Pak foreign secretary talks, the US is optimistic about it resulting in a sustained dialogue between the two for moving towards a more normalised relation.
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