Wednesday, July 08, 2009

New envoy sets n-deal, breaking Doha impasse on top of agenda


Washington, July 8 (IANS) Barack Obama's nominee to be his envoy in India has set taking the
civil nuclear deal forward and breaking the impasse on the Doha Round as key priorities in
forming a strategic partnership with New Delhi, saying the president had told him personally of
his great interest in the 'US-India partnership'.
'What is so interesting and rewarding in the president nominating me for this position is the
future,' Timothy Roemer, 52, a distinguished scholar and former Democratic congressman, told
the Senate Foreign Relations panel at his confirmation hearing Tuesday.
source :
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090708/890/twl-new-envoy-sets-n-deal-breaking-doha.html

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