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Manmohan man of integrity, Sonia told US diplomats NEW DELHI: Indicating how much Prime Minister Manmohan Singh valued the Indo-US nuclear deal, national security adviser Shivshankar Menon - then foreign secretary - told US diplomats that Singh is sick at the prospect of facing President George W Bush without moving on the nuclear deal. In a 2008 US cable detailing the interaction ahead of a G-8 summit in July that year, Menon had said the government was focused on the nuclear deal and that the summit was helping turn the attention on resolving the issue. Menon had said then foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee shortened his July 1-3 trip in Egypt to spend only one full working day in Cairo. He then revealed PM Singh was sick at the prospect of facing Bush. The foreign secretary had thanked the US ambassador for American restraint at this sensitive time, saying what you have done is exactly right; I am impressed and grateful for the way you have maintained radio silence. Menon had added that the one or two errant messages had only been instructive in showing how complicating our public involvement could be at a time of delicate internal negotiations. He had mused about how far the Indo-US ties has developed, saying weve managed to come so far with the U.S.; we have not done anything like this with anyone else, ever. In another 2007 US cable, also dealing with the nuclear deal, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had reflected positively on the Prime Minister, calling him a man of integrity that can be hard to find in politics. Back |
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