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Washington, Sep 22 India is likely to figure in the ''wide-ranging'' talks that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will have with President George Bush at the White House later in the day today.
On the eve of the White House meeting, Gen Musharraf met Vice-President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
President Musharraf, who held discussions with Ms Rice in New York yesterday, shortly before coming here, informed her about his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Havana, Cuba, where they had met on the Fringes of the recently concluded Non-Aligned summit.
He appeared upbeat about the outcome of his parleys with Mr Manmohan Singh, saying that India and Pakistan, given the courage and flexibility of their respective leadership, would be able to iron out their differences, even on vexed issues like Kashmir.
Besides India-Pakistan relations, he discussed with Vice-President Cheney and Secretary Rice the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, particularly on the volatile border of the two countries, and Washington-Islamabad ties, including their ''strategic partnership''.
Meanwhile, a minor row has developed before Bush-Musharraf meeting over President Bush's remark, asserting that he would authorize American forces to track down Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan if he received ''reliable intelligence'' on al-Qaeda leader's whereabouts.
Gen Musharraf, however, said he did not want his nation's sovereignty violated, even by US agents in pursuit of bin Laden.
Afghanistan is likely to dominate the Bush-Musharraf talks in view of the spurt in Taliban activities in Southern Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan.
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