For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 17, 2001

Remarks by the President
At the California Business Association Breakfast
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, California

    President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Vajpayee to Washington for an official working visit on November 9.  The visit is an important opportunity to reaffirm the United States' interest in building a broad-based partnership with India and to promote closer cooperation on a range of security and economic issues that advance common objectives. President Bush looks forward to discussing ways to strengthen the anti-terrorism campaign and to foster regional stability in South Asia.