President George W Bush [Images] has invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] to visit the US.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [Images] extended the invitation when she met the prime minister on Wednesday in New Delhi.
Rice, on her part, invited External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh to visit the US.
Rice, who had a 25-minute one-to-one meeting with the prime minister, said Bush decided she should visit India early in her tenure to convey his government's strong commitment to Indo-US relations.
Explaining India's growing energy needs, the prime minister said an energy dialogue was needed between the two countries.
He said the dialogue should discuss various traditional and non-traditional sources of energy.
Sarna said nuclear energy was also one of the sources India was looking at for meeting its energy needs.
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