Obama to accord red carpet welcome to Manmohan Singh

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 22 (PTI) A red carpet welcome awaits
India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he lands at the Andrews
Air Force Base Sunday as the first state guest of President
Barack Obama for a visit that is expected to take the Indo-US
strategic relationship to the next level.

The Prime Minister, his wife Gursharan Kaur, and his
delegation would be welcomed by a group of children and the
Indian American community, before he drives to the Willard
Intercontinental Hotel, three blocks away from White House.
Singh would be staying at the hotel instead of the
historic Blair House, US President's designated guest house.
The Prime Minister's state visit actually starts on
November 24 when US President Barack Obama and First Lady
Michell would personally welcome Singh and his wife at the
White House and he would be given a 21-gun salute.
Singh, however, would kick-off his trip Monday by
addressing the American business community, which is his way
of acknowledging their contribution in strengthening of the
US-India relationship and in particular their role in the
passage of the landmark civilian nuclear deal.
There is a huge enthusiasm among the US corporate leaders
with many of them flying in from various parts of the country
just for this event.
Later in the evening, he would address the intellectual
community at the prestigious think tank Council on Foreign
Relations and would directly respond to their questions.(MORE)
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