In a matter of hours from now the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will have a meeting with US President Barrack Obama. <br/><br/>The two leaders are expected to discuss a host of bilateral , regional and international issues. <br/><br/>The 45 minute scheduled meeting comes less than six months after the two leaders met in November. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent says, India is expected to take up the issue of access to Let operative David Headley and issues related to , terrorism emanating from Pakistan. <br/><br/>Recent developments in Afghanistan and Iran issue apart from an update on bilateral ties are expected to be discussed at the talks.<br/><br/>AIR correspondentnt reports that the prime minister will also be meeting with President Nazarbyev of Kazakhstan . <br/>There is no meeting scheduled with the Pakistan Prime Minister . However President Obama will be be meeting Mr Geelani.<br/><br/>For India the issue of nukes falling in the hands of terrorists groups in Pakistan, Islamabad’s reluctance to dismantle terror infrastructure on their soil as well as action against those behind Mumbai terror attack are areas of continued concern and India would want US to consider all these factors before providing military aid to Pakistan. Then there is also the issue of access to let operative Headley. <br/><br/>Although India and US are on the same as page as far as the objective of bringing stability to Afghanistan goes, they may not be seeing eye to on how to go about it, and India would want the US to be sensitive to its legitimate concern with regard to the perception that Pakistan may have a bigger role to play in the reconciliation process with the Taleban. <br/><br/>On Iran India is not in favour of sanctions as they ultimately hurt the people.But that not all the meeting will provide them with an opportunity to share their update on taken at their last meeting and ofcourse Obama’s visit to India later this year .<br/>
News On AIR | April 11, 2010 9:03 PM
PM Manmohan-US Prez Obama to discuss host of issues during their meeting