Thursday, April 2, 2009

Barack Obama praises Manmohan Singh at the G-20 summit


US president Barack Obama praised Manmohan Singh, Indian prime minister at the G-20 summit at London. He asked a pretty Indian reporter from Times of India to ask him a question. She asked Obama about the talks he had with Manmohan Singh on terrorism. Barack Obama highly praised Manmohan Singh which made the press reporter happy. Obama jokingly asked her as to why she was so pleased, to which the visibly elated reporter said she was proud of Manmohan Singh.

Obama said that Manmohan Singh is a very good leader and a decent human being. He said Singh was reponsible for guiding India even before he became the prime minister of India. Regarding the issue of terrorism, Obama said that while poverty should have been the major concern for Pakistan and India, terrorism has become a priority. Obama said that he did speak with Manmohan Singh on terrorism, but more than that they had discussion on energy conservation. Obama looked like he was deviating from the topic of terrorism, as he continually spoke on energy conservation and carbon footprint. He said if India and China had wasted energy like an average American, there would have been a global melt-down. He also added that the US has been left behind in this issue as even the European nations have braced energy conservation methods.

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