Clinton meets Ambanis, Ratan Tata

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, APRIL 6. The former U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, had a private meeting here today with Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited, and Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group.

The meeting with Mr. Ambani lasted for approximately two hours and was followed by lunch at his Cuffe Parade residence, a Reliance official said. ``It was a courtesy call,'' he said. In the evening, Mr. Clinton met Mr. Tata for half-an-hour.

Mr. Clinton's tour, under the aegis of the American India Foundation (AIF), is focussed on helping to rehabilitate the victims of Gujarat earthquake.

He also attended a special dinner in the evening, which was attended by a host of dignitaries, industrialists and film personalities. Mr. Anil Ambani, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Mr. Hrithik Roshan, Mr. Rakesh Roshan, Mr. Anand Mahindra, Mr. Subroto Roy, chief of the Sahara group, Mr. Sanjay Dutt, Ms. Shabana Azmi and Ms. Raveena Tandon were among those present.

At the gathering, Mr. Clinton said Indians in the U.S. had benefited in the same way as Americans had from the Indians. It was time for the Americans to contribute towards India's development, he said, adding that he was pleased to associate with the AIF. The Foundation would take up short-term and long- term disaster management programmes.

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