<p>The two leaders are likely to discuss issues of mutual cooperation between both sides, including terrorism and the financial meltdown, officials said here.<br /></p>.<p><br />The prime minister will be attending the outreach meeting of the G5 - the group of five most emerging economies in the world comprising India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa - being held parallel to the G8 meeting of the world's most wealthy and industrialised countries.<br /><br />The summit is being held in this central Italian town -- hit by a major earthquake April this year leaving nearly 300 dead, over 1,500 injured and about 60,000 homeless --amid concerns of more tremors in the region. The last tremor to hit the town was on Friday (July 3) and measured 4.1 on the Richter scale.<br /><br />Italian authorities have already briefed top world leaders who have arrived for the summit about emergency evacuation plans in case of another earthquake.<br /><br />Manmohan Singh will be meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday for a bilateral meeting followed by another one with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso on Friday. He will also meet the Angola President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos the same day.<br /><br />The prime minister is likely to meet US President Barack Obama informally during the G8-G5 summit.</p>
<p>The two leaders are likely to discuss issues of mutual cooperation between both sides, including terrorism and the financial meltdown, officials said here.<br /></p>.<p><br />The prime minister will be attending the outreach meeting of the G5 - the group of five most emerging economies in the world comprising India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa - being held parallel to the G8 meeting of the world's most wealthy and industrialised countries.<br /><br />The summit is being held in this central Italian town -- hit by a major earthquake April this year leaving nearly 300 dead, over 1,500 injured and about 60,000 homeless --amid concerns of more tremors in the region. The last tremor to hit the town was on Friday (July 3) and measured 4.1 on the Richter scale.<br /><br />Italian authorities have already briefed top world leaders who have arrived for the summit about emergency evacuation plans in case of another earthquake.<br /><br />Manmohan Singh will be meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday for a bilateral meeting followed by another one with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso on Friday. He will also meet the Angola President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos the same day.<br /><br />The prime minister is likely to meet US President Barack Obama informally during the G8-G5 summit.</p>
