N-deal important for both India, US: Bush

Against the backdrop of the political turmoil in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] on Wednesday discussed progress on the Indo-US nuclear deal with President George W Bush [Images] who said the deal is important for both the countries. Meeting in Hotel Windsor on Mount Poromoi hours before the Left parties would be withdrawing support on the nuclear deal, both Dr Singh and Bush expressed mutual admiration for each other and spoke of the need for closer relationship between the two countries. After their 50-minute meeting, the two leaders appeared before the press in a relaxed mood and displayed a lot of personal warmth. The turbulent political developments back home did not appeared to have any impact on the prime minister, who has staked a great deal on the nuclear agreement, when he said he was satisfied about... [read full story]