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India ‘jigri dost’, Pak twin brother: Karzai

Addu, November 11
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and is understood to have discussed with him the regional situation, particularly in the war-torn country.

The two leaders held talks on the sidelines of the eight-nation SAARC Summit here. Manmohan Singh and Karzai are understood to have reviewed bilateral relations. The security situation in the region, particularly in Afghanistan, is also said to have figured in the talks.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister met his Nepalese counterpart Baburam Bhattarai.

After his meeting with Manmohan Singh, Karzai said India was the first country with which Afghanistan had signed a strategic partnership, signifying a "very positive" relationship.

Lauding India's generous developmental assistance to Afghanistan, he told private Indian channels that Afghan people were very grateful for that. He said India was a "jigri dost" (close friend) while Pakistan was a twin brother of Afghanistan.

"The India-Afghanistan partnership is very important for the two countries and also for the region... I hope we will work on creating a better environment for cooperation in the region, especially between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India," Karzai told channels. — PTI

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India-Nepal taxation pact soon

Addu, November 11
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also held talks with his Nepalese counterpart Baburam Bhattarai and is understood to have assured him about the early signing of a bilateral double taxation avoidance pact.

Bhattarai is believed to have apprised Manmohan Singh about the progress made so far in Nepal’s peace process, constitution-drafting and the recent agreement inked among three major Nepalese parties over power-sharing.

The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, which was expected to be inked during Bhattarai’s visit to India last month, is also understood to have figured in the talks between the two leaders and Manmohan Singh is believed to have assured Bhattarai that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee would visit Nepal soon to ink the pact.

Manmohan Singh is also said to have accepted the invitation from Bhattarai to visit Nepal. — PTI

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