On Board Air India One, June 01: US President George W Bush indicated he will talk to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the need to end cross border terrorism in India when he meets him in Washington later this month. The assurance was given to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he talked to Bush at a dinner last night hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg to the visiting heads of governments.
Vajpayee was seated left of bush at the dinner and the table was shared by Putin, incumbent European Union (EU) chairman and Greek president Costas Simitis and incoming EU chairman and Italian president Silivio Berlusconi. Bureau Report