(7 Sep 2005) SHOTLIST
1. British Prime minister Tony Blair, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh arriving
2. Photographers
3. Singh shaking hands with Blair and Barroso
4. Pan from Blair to Singh
5. Wide shot of leaders posing for photographers before walking away
STORYLINE
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who are in New Delhi for an India-EU summit, met on Wednesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Blair is leading the annual European Union meeting with India's leaders.
He will also join British-Indian talks on Thursday at Singh's retreat in the Himalayas. Britain holds the EU's rotating presidency.
The European Union is eager to bolster business ties with India, arguing that the booming nation's emergence as an economic powerhouse should be embraced rather than feared as a job-stealing threat.
Blair, who arrived in New Delhi late on Tuesday after two days of trade-focused meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing, says wealthy nations must adapt to the fast-moving changes of economic globalisation by building close relationships with new trading partners.
Blair is travelling with a delegation of European business leaders, who will meet Indian executives during the New Delhi summit.
Together the Chinese and Indian visits were expected to generate about two million British pounds (3.7 million US dollars) of new business for EU companies.
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