CIA chief meets Narayanan

Saturday, November 21, 2009, 16:53 [IST]

New Delhi, Nov. 21 (ANI): Chief of the America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Leon Panetta, met National Security Advisor M K Narayanan here on Saturday.

Panetta, who arrived here late last night after his visit to Pakistan, met for nearly 30-minutes with Narayanan.

Narayanan later accompanied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US.

During his three-day visit to India, the CIA chief will also meet RAW chief K C Verma and Intelligence Bureau Chief Rajeev Mathur. (ANI)

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