The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the External Affairs Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee met Shri Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the CPI (M), here today and discussed the issues connected with the bilateral Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between India and the United States.

Some of the points regarding the agreement were discussed. The CPI (M) General Secretary stated that he would put it to the party's politburo which will meet over the week end.

Shri. Karat and the Prime Minister reiterated that efforts would be made to sort out the issues.