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I really like Manmohan: George Bush

Dr. Singh had described Mr. Bush as a “great friend of India”

— AFP

The former U.S. President, George W. Bush, speaks at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: “I really like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister is a wise leader.”

This is what the former U.S. President, George W. Bush, had to say on Saturday about Dr. Singh, with whom he clinched a civil nuclear agreement that ended India’s 34-year isolation in nuclear trade.

Mr. Bush returned the compliment a day after Dr. Singh described him as a “great friend of India.”

At the HT Leadership Summit here, Mr. Bush described the liberalisation process, initiated in India in 1991 when Dr. Singh was the Finance Minister, as one of the two important events of that year that led to the transformation of the India-U.S. ties.

“Dazzled”

On his second visit to India since March 2006, Mr. Bush said he was “honoured” to be back here.

“Three years back, I and Laura came here and were dazzled by India. India is a vibrant and diverse nation based on civilisation. I was looking forward to coming back here to say ‘namaste’,” he said. — PTI

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