Genre: News > International

Jul 9, 2009: Global financial crisis and climate change, top the agenda among other things to be discussed by the G8 leaders at Laquila in Italy.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is representing India at the Summit.

India has maintained that developed nations were responsible for the present financial crisis as well as problems arising out of climate change.

Background

G-8 is a group of industrialized nations. The countries include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, US.

Besides, these eight countries, five developing nations - Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa participate as Outreach Five (O5) or Plus Five in the Summit.

  Comments (0)

   Be the first one to comment.

Loading...

   Post your comments

Your Name *
Title *
Comment *	Characters left:
[Avoid posting rude or nasty comments, ethnic slurs, personal insults, abuses and offensive criticism. Please be judicious in selecting your words in order to keep myPOPKORN a pleasant and enjoyable viewing experience.]

   Loading...