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PM arrives in Frankfurt en route to Toronto | The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, arrived in the German city of Frankfurt shortly after 5.30 p.m. local time on Friday. He was received by senior German
protocol officers, India's Ambassador to Germany Sudhir Vyas and India's Consul-General
to Germany and Frankfurt Ajit Kumar. No minister of the German government was
present to receive Dr. Singh, as Indian officials said that he (Dr. Singh) was
in transit and heading towards Toronto for the G-20 Summit on Saturday morning.
Prior to his departure to Canada, Dr Singh while being in New Delhi, talked about
India's plans for the G-20 Summit. Dr. Singh said: "India will participate in
this exercise and project our expectations from the global economic and financial
system, and the kind of global growth processes that we seek." "We will highlight
the importance of development issues in the future work of the G-20," he added.
Dr Singh said: " The challenge of the summit will be three fold - to ensure that
global economic recovery is durable, balanced and sustainable; to calibrate exit
strategies in the light of growing concerns over expansionary fiscal policies;
and to focus on medium and long-term structural issues relating to governance
issues. "To meet our ambitious development targets it is necessary that the global
economy continue to recover in a stable and predictable manner." Dr. Singh further
said that the coordinated policy actions taken by the G-20 since the first summit
in Washington in November 2008, have not only helped to prevent a crisis of the
type the world saw in the 1930s, but also contributed to global economic recovery.
"This is a sign of the G-20's success. At the same time, we have to be conscious
that the recovery is still fragile and uneven. New worrying signs have emerged
in the Euro zone," he said. "Our relations with Canada are becoming broad based
and there is a mutual desire on both sides to impart fresh vigour and vitality
to them," he said. "India and Canada share the same values and there are many
opportunities for us to contribute to each other's welfare and prosperity," Dr.
Singh added. He said: "I also look forward to have separate meetings with France
President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David
Cameron, and Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan. |
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