G8 must embrace China, India: Blair

Davos, Switzerland, Jan 27: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that the G8 group of leading economies needed to embrace emerging giants China and India if it was to keep its influential role in the world.

''The reality is the G8 is undergoing a process of change now,'' Blair told a panel at the World Economic Forum. ''I can't see the G8 having the same authority politically unless it has got China and India.''

Reuters