Power meets lined up for Manmohan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to review the progress of the peace process with Pak President Pervez Musharraf in New York on Sept 24.

Twenty days after the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan clinched a 13-point agreement to strengthen confidence-building measures between the two countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to review the progress of the peace process with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in New York on September 24.

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They are expected to carry forward the Indo-Pak composite dialogue leading to enhanced people-to-people contacts and cooperation on humanitarian issues, official sources said before the prime minister's departure on a nine-day visit to the UK and the US.

Singh's talks with the Musharraf will be the first top-level contact bwteeen the two after the installation of the UPA government.

On the first leg of his visit, Singh will meet his British counterpart Tony Blair in London on Monday. He will also meet top British industrialists.

On September 21, Singh will have a breakfast meeting with US President George W. Bush in New York. He is expected to stress the importance of greater economic cooperation in the light of India continuing its economic reforms process.