Even as the government battled with the political fallout of the nuclear deal, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday discussed the "progress" on the agreement with the US President George W Bush who praised him for his "leadership at home".
"It was a really good meeting amongst two friends. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for joining us today, and congratulations on your leadership at home," Bush said during an extended 50-minute meeting which took place hours before the Left parties formally withdrew support to the UPA government in New Delhi.
The two leaders spoke in unison on strengthening the bilateral "strategic relationship" after Singh drove more than 100 km from Sapporo at dawn to meet Bush at Hotel Windsor on the picturesque Mt Poromoi in Japan's Hokkaido island, where the G-8 leaders are meeting for their annual summit.
Image: US President George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh during a bilateral meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Toyako, Japan, July 9.
Text: V S Chandrasekar in Toyako, Japan, for PTI | Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
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