NEW DELHI, 19 February (H.S.) :

Chairman of Parliamentary

Standing Committee on External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor said, there was more

discussion on America-India visit. After the meeting in

Delhi, Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman Shashi Tharoor said that we

got very good information from the Foreign Secretary, it was on current foreign

policy developments. But most of the discussion was on America because the

Prime Minister had recently visited Washington.

After the meeting, Parliamentary Standing Committee

Chairman Shashi Tharoor says, We had a very good briefing from the

Foreign Secretary, it was on current foreign policy developments. But most of

the discussion was on the US because of the PM's recent visit to Washington. A

very thorough briefing was had, with the members asking a lot of questions...No

stone was left unturned. Every question that you can imagine to do with the

India-US relationship in the context of the PM's visit was raised, discussed and

the Foreign Secretary gave all the necessary answers. As a result of which, his

briefings on other matters of contemporary interest like Bangladesh, on which

the committee has to write a report, the recent visit of the Amir of Qatar, the

visit by the PM to France and so on will be deferred to a different meeting.I

think the participation, the quality of discussions justify to the hard work

being put in by the committee members on the issues facing our country's

foreign policy.

Hindusthan Samachar / Meenakshi Bhattacharya