In a bid to rope in countries like India to join hands in tackling the financial meltdown in the US, British Premier Gordon Brown has said it cannot be left to the elite G-8 club alone to come out with strategies and wanted the involvement of G-20, which includes developing nations, as well.

With ways to prevent recurrence of the financial crisis high on the agenda of the world leaders assembled for the UN General Assembly, the suggestion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an economist-turned politician, for a new international initiative to bring structural reform in the global financial system got instant support of Brown.

During their meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Brown agreed with Singh that the existing global financial architecture was not robust enough to deal with the international turbulence in financial markets.

Highlighting the need for broader strategies, Brown said the G-20 will be well-suited to deal with the problem.

Singh said restoration of financial confidence is the need of the hour for the healthy growth of the economy. He said he will be to happy to work with Britain and other countries to give his expertise and work on ways to overcome the financial crisis.

The Indian Prime Minister, a former World Bank economist, suddenly finds himself in a situation where world leaders are looking forward to him to evolve ways to deal with the financial turmoil.

US President George W Bush, who is in the midst of firefighting operations to deal with the crisis, has already set the ball rolling when he told Singh that the one person he wanted to spend time with was the Prime Minister for his calming and serene effect.

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