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Brown holds summit with Sarkozy ahead of G8

LONDON, July 6 (KUNA) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was meeting French President Nicholas Sarkozy in the picturesque French town of Evian Monday in the run-up to the G8 summit in Italy.
The summit comes only days ahead of the gathering of the G8 in the Italian town of L'Aquila and willl allow the two leaders to exchange views on a range of issues including climate change, international problems and in particular Iran, British officials said.
The 27 EU countries have already agreed to cut greenhouse gas emission by 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020.
On the economic front,Brown and Sarkozy willl discuss new efforts to overcome the global financial crisis and stabilise the oil markets, the officials added.
Among the other topics to be raised will be immigration controls, especially at the port of Calais in northern France, where hundreds of migrants try to sneak onboard trucks or ferry trains to the UK.
President Sarkozy visited London last time in April 2009 to take part in the G20 economic summit which was devoted to tackling the global economic recession. (end) he.aj KUNA 061309 Jul 09NNNN