Prime Minister Calls on President

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh called on the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes. The Prime Minister briefed the President about his recent visit to Yekaterinburg in Russia and also his impending visit to Italy in connection with the G-8 Summit, France on the occasion of its National Day and Egypt for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. They also discussed the on-going Budget Session of Parliament and other matters of national and international importance.

The release issued at 1325 hrs