PM meets Brown, discusses financial crisis

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met his British counterpart Gordon Brown and discussed the current global economic downturn and restructuring of the international financial architecture as well as the issue of climate change.

L'Aquila (Italy), Jul 8: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met his British counterpart Gordon Brown and discussed the current global economic downturn and restructuring of the international financial architecture as well as the issue of climate change.

The meeting, which lasted 45 minutes on the sidelines of the G-8 summit here, gave the two leaders an opportunity to exchange views and perspectives on steps for quick recovery of the global economy against the backof the current downturn.

Briefing reporters on the meeting, the second in three months after their earlier engagement this year in London in April, an official spokesman said it also touched on the issue of restructuring of the global financial architecture.

On climate change, the two leaders reflected on taking up joint development of green technology projects. (PTI)