Burns meets Advani

New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) US Under Secretary of State
William Burns on Thursday met Leader of Opposition L K Advani
and is understood to have discussed the Indo-US bilateral ties
and the situation in Pakistan with him.

Burns, who is the first senior official of US
President Barack Obama's administration to visit India after
the recent Lok Sabha elections, spent about 45 minutes with
Advani.

"Since this was the first visit of a senior US
official after the new government took over in India, several
bilateral issues and Pakistan government's lack of sincerity
towards India after the Mumbai terror attacks came up for
discussion," a source close to Advani told PTI.

India has already raised with the US its concern over
the lack of cooperation from Pakistan in the Mumbai attack
case. Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, suspected to be the
mastermind behind the 26/11 attack, was recently released by a
Pakistan court. PTI RC
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