PM returns after G8-G5 summit in Italy
July 11th, 2009 - 8:48 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned home Saturday morning after attending the July 8-10 G8-G5 summit in the quake-hit Italian town of L’Aquila.”I am returning to India after attending meetings of the G5 leaders (India, Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa), of the G5 + G8 and Egypt, and of the G8, G5, Egypt and African countries. There were also meetings of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on trade and climate change,” he said in a statement on board his special aircraft while returning from Rome, 100 km from L’Aquila.
The prime minister said he had useful conversations with US President Barack Obama as well as the leaders of Japan, Russia, Britain, Germany, Australia, Italy and Angola among others.
The prime minister will be leaving for a four-day trip to Egypt and France Monday.
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