Date:28/01/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012807510400.htm

Andhra Pradesh

US envoy calls on YSR

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, JAN.27. The US Ambassador to India, David C.Mulford, called on the Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who hosted a breakfast for him at the Lakeview Guest House on Thursday. The two were closeted for about 45 minutes.

Mr. Mulford later addressed the ISB community on Indo-US relations. He said that the relations between the two countries had never been better. India was undergoing a remarkable reform process. "Reforms are people's business and they can be carried out by people who have real imagination and determination," he remarked.

Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, welcomed him.