A week after the killing of Al- Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight spoke to US President Barack Obama over phone and discussed the situation in the region.
Sources, however, did not say whether the two leaders discussed the bin Laden issue.
A PMO spokesman said Singh and Obama discussed further growth and development of Indo-US relations and the situation in the region.
“It was a warm conversation which covered wide-ranging subjects,” he said.
This is the first conversation between the two leaders since the killing of Osama on May 2 in a raid by US Special Forces in the garrison city of Abbotabad.
Singh had termed bin Laden's killing as a significant step forward and asked the international community and Pakistan in particular to work comprehensively to end the activities of all terror groups.
The PM had hoped that bin Laden's elimination would deal a "decisive blow" to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups".
