Manmohan-Obama hold talks in Bali

BALI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama met in Bali, Indonesia on Friday and declared their intention to push the Indo-US cooperation both at bilateral and at multilateral forums.
Singh and Obama, who met in Bali on the sidelines of ASEAN and East Asia Summits, talked about strengthening the bonds of strategic ties put in place during the historic visit of the US President to India in November last year.
Recalling the “historic visit” of Obama to India during the same time last year, Singh said, “In the last one year, we have made progress in every direction, strengthening our bilateral cooperation in investment, trade, higher education, clean energy and defence.”
“I am very happy to report to you that today there are no irritants whatsoever in our working together in multiplicity of areas both bilaterally and on global issues,” Singh said.
In his opening remarks, the US president refereed to his “extraordinary” trip to India during which the two sides strengthened the bonds of friendship, commercial links and security cooperation.
“We continue to make progress on a wide range of issues. The bonds between our two countries are not just at the leadership level but also at personal levels,” said Obama.