Fetched: March 13th, 2008, 11:21am EDT
'Our basic government position is that we can sign an agreement with a duly-constituted government, whatever its political status,' US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said in an interview to Outlook magazine. He was responding when referred to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's comment that a minority government 'cannot, need not and should not sign a major agreement'. 'As long as it is duly-constituted government of the country, we can sign a deal.'
