Washington, June 10: India's concerns and problems resulting from Pakistan-sponsored cross border terrorism were conveyed today by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to US President George W Bush who fully "reflected" the Indian position. Departing from protocol, Bush dropped by when Advani was in a meeting with National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice at the White House, and held a 30-minute discussion with the Deputy Prime Minister focussing on the global war against terrorism. Bush backed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiative and particularly referred to his speech in Srinagar which provided political space to Pakistan. India's peace initiative with Pakistan, the issue of New Delhi sending its troops for peacekeeping in Iraq and a range of other matters also came up in their discussions. Advani said that Pakistan-sponsored cross border terrorism came up for discussion and "he (Bush) reflected our concerns and our problems". The meeting assumes significance as it took place days before the visit of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to US to hold talks with Bush. Advani said the President expressed appreciation for the initiative taken by the Prime Minister and referred to his discussions with Vajpayee at St Petersburgh in Russia earlier this month. "I felt that Vajpayee's public address on April 18 at Srinagar has provided the political space for our neighbour," Advani told reporters emerging from the talks with Bush and Rice. Advani said: "We can only hope that Pakistan responds positively to this initiative and it yields results". Asked if Indo-Pak relations would figure in the meeting between Bush and Musharraf, Advani said: "I am sure that will be discussed". Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister held talks with US Attorney-General John Ashcroft on all aspects relating to terrorism. "We discussed in detail with Ashcroft as to what needs to be done further so far as sharing of intelligence is concerned," Advani, who was accompanied by Intelligence Bureau director K P Singh, said. "Certain papers that we had, which we felt could be shared with America, we handed over to Ashcroft," he said. About his talks with Bush, Advani said: "We expressed our concerns and our problems" and US President was reflective to these concerns. On Indo-US ties, Advani said: "It is not an alliance of convenience. It is a principled relationship between the world's biggest democracies: the largest, and the other the strongest". "It is proceeding very satisfactorily in that direction. There is cooperation on various issues including defence, sharing of information on terrorism and so on," he added. Advani said he conveyed to Bush and Rice India's satisfaction over the kind of relationship that is developing between the two countries in various fields, including defence. He said during his discussion with various key officials of US administration he got the feeling that Indo-American relations are now on a different level altogether not tied to any specific issue. Bureau Report