Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave on a five-day visit to the United States today to attend UN General Assembly. During his visit, the Prime Minister will hold summit talks with President Barack Obama as well as address the UN General Assembly. The Prime Minsiter will meet US President, Barack Obama on Friday in Washington. This will be the third summit meeting between the two leaders. This follows exchange of state visits during 2009 and 2010. The meeting between Dr Singh and Mr Obama is intended to signal that there is a positive progress in bilateral relationship between the two countries.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has called upon global leaders to rally against extremism and violence. He was addressing the 68th session of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New York last night. The UNGA with a theme 'Post 2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage' is being attended by nearly 193 member countries. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to address the Assembly on Saturday. During the session, one of India's main focus area will be the issue of sustainable development
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