Amar Vilas to host Musharraf

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 3. Pakistan's President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, will stay in the Amar Vilas hotel during the India-Pakistan summit in Agra while the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, will reside in the Jaypee group's Palace Hotel.

The decision was taken after consultations between the Indian authorities and a two-member Pakistani ``advance team'', comprising the chief of protocol, Brig. (retd.) Mian Khalid Habib, and the chief security officer, Col. Mohammad Ilyas, official sources here said.

Three hotels, all close to the Taj Mahal including the Amar Vilas and the Jaypee Palace, had been shortlisted for the summit and associated activities. Interaction with the media will take place at Mughal Sheraton, the third hotel shortlisted.

The Amar Vilas hotel borrows the best of architecture from the various periods of medieval Indian history. Apart from the Presidential suite, 25 rooms have been made available for the guests. The Taj Mahal can be viewed from all the rooms in the hotel. Golf carts have been placed around and feverish activity is visible to give these hotels a facelift.

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