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Italian PM meets Singh; meets Sonia Gandhi

(15 Feb 2007) 1. Mid of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and wife arriving at Sonia Gandhi's house and being greeted by Gandhi 2. Cutaway of photographers 3. Mid of Prodi, his wife and Gandhi having photographs taken and walking into house 4. Mid of car carrying Prodi and wife 5. Mid of Prodi being greeted by Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh 6. Cutaway of press 7. Mid of Prodi, Singh and wives posing for photo 8. Mid of Prodi and Singh shaking hands, pan to minister's wives 9. Wide of welcoming ceremony 10. Various of Prodi inspecting Indian Guard of Honour 11. Cutaway of cameraman 12. Various of Prodi meeting Indian officials 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Romano Prodi, Italian Prime Minister: "Italy is looking to India with the deep, deep, deep attention, friendship and I see fraternity also and the expectation is really to accompany the fantastic growth, the change of this country with a strong sense of unity and of course my policy is to be the bridge to Asia and so a link to India. It will be the new policy." 14. Mid of Prodi and Singh leaving STORYLINE: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Thursday that his country would like to be "the bridge to Asia" and that India was part of Italy's global strategy for gaining market access in the Asian region. "The expectation is really to accompany the fantastic growth, the change of this country with a strong sense of unity and of course my policy is to be the bridge to Asia and so a link to India," Prodi said. Prodi made the comments during a visit to New Delhi alongside over 400 business delegates. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed Prodi and his wife at the Presidential palace during an official ceremony. Prodi and his wife were later greeted by the President of ruling Congress party, Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. The Italian Prime Minister arrived in the Indian capital after visiting Calcutta, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. He is expected to hold talks with Singh later on Thursday. Indian and Italian firms signed several business agreements in Mumbai on Wednesday. The countries are hoping to more than double their bilateral trade by 2009. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...