Nuke deal; PM, Karat say efforts would be made to sort issues

PM meets CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and both sides say efforts would be made to sort out issues of concern in the N deal.

In a bid to iron out differences on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and both sides said efforts would be made to sort out the issues.

Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had a breakfast meeting with Karat and discussed issues related to the bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the two countries.

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"Karat and the Prime Minister reiterated that efforts would be made to sort out the issues", Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said in a brief statement.