The Bush administration views India as a very important country with whom it has much commonality. This was stated by US Vice President Richard Cheney during a 25-minute meeting he had with visiting Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Washington on Wednesday.
The two leaders are understood to have discussed during their friendly and cordial meeting bilateral, regional and global issues as well as the forthcoming Indo-Pak summit. Gandhi, the leader of the opposition is believed to have informed him that her party has always been in favour of dialogue with Pakistan, sources said.
Bureau Report