Manmohan Singh to discuss Pakistan with Obama

Mon, Nov 23 12:38 AM

Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise the issue of the misuse of aid to Pakistan and the threat of WMDs falling into the hands of terrorists, when he meets the US President Barack Obama Tuesday, reliable sources said.

'We will raise the issue of diversion of US aid to Pakistan for boosting anti-India terror infrastructure,' sources said. 'Threat of WMDs falling into the hands of terrorists is a serious one and this issue will also be raised,' sources added.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived Sunday in Washington for a four day US visit as the state guest of US President Barack Obama.

He was accorded a ceremonial welcome at St Andrews Air Force Base and the US Air Force band gave the visiting Indian prime minister a guard of honour.

The PM was received by White House Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake, US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer and India's Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar.

Indian-Americans also turned up in large numbers to greet the prime minister.

Besides firming up a framework for counter-terror cooperation and completing remaining steps of the nuclear deal, the two sides are expected to ink 10 agreements in areas ranging from intellectual property rights, trade and investment, agriculture, health and green technologies.

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