<p>At his one-on-one meeting ahead of the private dinner he hosted for Obama, the prime minister said the United States’ measures has been received with huge concern by the IT industry. <br /><br />The meeting which dragged on for 50 minutes as against the scheduled 25 minutes, also saw the two leaders exchanging notes on the recent developments on the nuclear commerce issue — American companies are not too happy over the suppliers’ liability clause in the civil liability Bill passed by the Indian Parliament. <br /><br />Informed sources told Deccan Herald that ahead of their bilateral engagements, Singh and Obama discussed some of the contentious issues and talked on the need for stronger bilateral and strategic co-operation.<br /><br />Obama arrived at the PM’s 7 Race Course Road residence ahead of the schedule who along with wife Michelle in view of without-aides-meeting with Singh. The prime minister raised other issues that have been bothering India — continued export of terror from Pakistani soil and India’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, among other things. <br /><br />The response of the United States’ head of state was not known. The two leaders took stock of the way the relationship between the two democracies grew over the years and what steps were needed to push them to the next level.<br /><br />These talks will set the stage for the substantial formal engagements between the two sides kicking off at 11 am on Monday.</p>
<p>At his one-on-one meeting ahead of the private dinner he hosted for Obama, the prime minister said the United States’ measures has been received with huge concern by the IT industry. <br /><br />The meeting which dragged on for 50 minutes as against the scheduled 25 minutes, also saw the two leaders exchanging notes on the recent developments on the nuclear commerce issue — American companies are not too happy over the suppliers’ liability clause in the civil liability Bill passed by the Indian Parliament. <br /><br />Informed sources told Deccan Herald that ahead of their bilateral engagements, Singh and Obama discussed some of the contentious issues and talked on the need for stronger bilateral and strategic co-operation.<br /><br />Obama arrived at the PM’s 7 Race Course Road residence ahead of the schedule who along with wife Michelle in view of without-aides-meeting with Singh. The prime minister raised other issues that have been bothering India — continued export of terror from Pakistani soil and India’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, among other things. <br /><br />The response of the United States’ head of state was not known. The two leaders took stock of the way the relationship between the two democracies grew over the years and what steps were needed to push them to the next level.<br /><br />These talks will set the stage for the substantial formal engagements between the two sides kicking off at 11 am on Monday.</p>
