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UPDATED: 08:34, August 31, 2004
Indian PM to meet Bush, Musharraf at UN sessions
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have a breakfast meeting with US President George W. Bush on September 21 in New York and is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf the next day on the sidelines of the UNsessions, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Monday.

A hectic schedule awaits Singh who leaves on an eight-day trip on September 19 for participating in United Nations General Assembly session in New York with a stopover at London where he will meet British PM Tony Blair.

"Singh's meeting with Bush will take place on September 21 and with Musharraf most probably on September 22," PTI quoted officialsources as saying.

He is slated to return home on September 26.

The prime minister is expected to make out a strong case for reforms of the UN Security Council and India's bid for a permanentseat in the world body.

The Iraq situation, the Middle East crisis as also Indo-Pak relations are expected to figure prominently during the Singh-Bushmeeting.

With Musharraf too, it will be Singh's first meeting which willtake place close on the heels of the crucial meeting of the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan here on September 5 and 6.

Source: Xinhua

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