India looking forward to Obama visit: PM

Onboard Air India One, June 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday said that he was looking forward to the visit of US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their children in November this year, while adding that he was quite satisfied with the way Indo-US relations were progressing.

"Our relations with the United States are very good. We have a really ambitious agenda (for his visit). He will be sending his National Security Adviser (Lt. Gen (retired) James Jones) in the second week of July. He (Jones) will meet with our National Security Adviser Shiv Shanker Menon, and they will chalk out the agenda for President Obama's visit," said Dr. Singh.

"We look forward to a very successful visit of President Obama, and so does the President (Pratibha Devisingh Patil)," he added. By Ashok Dixit(ANI)