Haniffa, Aziz
India Abroad
03-24-2006
Undersecretary of state for political affairs, Ambassador R Nicholas Burns
- the chief United States interlocutor in the negotiations with India, and
the Bush Administration's point man to push through the US-India civilian
nuclear agreement in Congress - has said it was "a challenging negotiation
because it involved an esoteric subject, a complex and difficult subject,"
but that it was a treat negotiating with his diplomatic vis--vis Foreign
Secretary Shyam Saran, "a man of great dignity and integrity."
In an exclusive interview with India Abroad in his expansive and
well-appointed sixth floor office in the State Department, adjacent to the
office of Secretary ...