New York, Sept 20: With the spotlight likely to be on terror during the UN General Assembly session beginning next week, Indian officials were today giving final touches to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's address which is expected to tell the international community to avoid double standards and put up a united fight against the scourge. Ahead of his September 25 address, Vajpayee will meet US President George W Bush on September 23 but will have no interaction with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who will speak at the UNGA on September 24.
Vajpayee, who arrived here on a week-long visit from Turkey, is expected to have meetings with several world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Prime Minister has come out strongly against "double standards" adopted by some western countries in dealing with terrorism.
Officials said that terrorism would be among the key issues during deliberations at the UNGA as also in his meetings with world leaders.
With uncertainty still looming large over the US draft resolution for stationing a multilateral force in Iraq following divisions in UN Security Council members, the issue is expected to be hotly debated.

Bureau Report