Sarkozy wants inclusion of India in G8
{image-sarkozysm,all_13022008.jpg news.oneindia.in}Rio De Janeiro, Feb 13 : French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that the G8, comprising seven wealthiest countries in the world plus Russia, should be converted into G13, to include Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Sarkozy said this at a meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in French Guiana on Tuesday.
"The
G8
must
become
something
more
than
that.
In
the
end,
even
if
we
do
not
want
to
think
about
anybody
else,
we
must
consider
there
are
China,
India,
Brazil
and
South
Africa," Sarkozy
said.
"The
emerging
countries
have
an
influence
on
the
world's
economy,
as
well
as
the
eight
countries
that
currently
form
the
G8,"
Sarkozy
said
in
a
statement
released
by
Brazil's
state
news
agency
Agencia
Brasil.
He
reiterated
his
country's
support
for
Brazil's
application
to
be
a
permanent
member
of
the
UN
Security
Council.
"It
is
inconceivable
to
imagine
that
one
can
speak
of
the
world's
main
issues
without
consulting
a
single
African
country,
a
single
country
of
South
America,
as
if
those
two
continents
did
not
exist,"
Sarkozy
said.
President
Lula
said
Brazil
and
France
shared
a
similar
view
on
the
need
for
the
democratisation
of
international
bodies,
such
as
the
UN
and
International
Monetary
Fund
(IMF).
ANI