[1]Influential US Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain today held discussions with Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on various issues of mutual interest.
Senator McCain, who is here on a two-day visit arrived by a special plane and drove to Raj Bhawan to meet the Governor, officials said.
During their wide ranging discussions lasting for about two hours, Senator McCain and Vohra exchanged views on various important issues.
The Governor hosted lunch for Senator McCain and other members of the delegation which comprised Foreign Policy Advisors Christian Brose and Vance Serchuk and US Military Escort Lieutenant Lawrence Heyworth, a Raj Bhavan spokesman said.
The US senator, who lost the US presidential election to Barack Obama, also met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The two leaders discussed matters relating to the socio-economic development and protection of environment, an official spokesman said.
McCain, who represents Arizona in the US Senate, is the highest ranking US politician to visit Jammu and Kashmir but there has been no official word on the purpose of his visit.
Then US Ambassador Timothy Roemer had visited the Valley on March 17 this year.
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