Manmohan had 'very good visit': US

"The two leaders had a very good visit. President George W Bush appreciated the call from Prime Minister Singh after he had returned to India expressing his deep appreciation for the hospitality that the President and Mrs Bush showed," White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters here yesterday.

"We were able to move forward on some important priorities. That was all listed in the joint statement that we put out," he said.

Meanwhile, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf yesterday said it was not easy for India to implement its recently signed nuclear deal with the United States as it is difficult to separate civilian and military nuclear programmes, which is a requirement under the agreement.

"The India-US nuclear deal reached during the just concluded visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington was not easy to implement as it cannot be enforced until India segregates its weapons and energy related in nuclear programme," Musharraf said in an interaction with Editors of major media organisations in Lahore.

"It is not an easy thing to separate the civil and military nuclear programme," he said.

The Pakistan President said the proposed acquisition of US-made Patriot missile defence systems by India was a worrying proposition for his country but asserted that the missiles do not have a high success rate.

"The Patriot missiles have a 40 per cent kill probability. 60 per cent is open. It was used in the Gulf war, even scud missile have penetrated them. We know everything and we are aware of everything," Musharraf said adding Pakistan would not lower its guard on defence.