NEW DELHI: Influential US Senator John McCain, who unsuccessfully ran for Presidentship, arrived in the Indian capital today on an unscheduled visit to show solidarity in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks and discussed the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

McCain, the Republican Party leader, was on his way to Bangladesh and Bhutan but he made a stopover here in view of the Mumbai strikes, sources said.

Soon after his arrival, he met the Prime Minister Singh during which the terror attacks and aspects related to it were discussed.

McCain's brief trip of few hours came a day ahead of the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has been asked by President George W Bush to cut short her Europe tour and travel to India to discuss the situation arising out of the Mumbai attacks.

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