Fourth Indo-EU Summit cancelled
New Delhi: The fourth Indo-EU summit has ended up in a fiasco as Silvio Berlusconi, European council president and prime minister of Italy, had a serious attack of gastroenteritis after he had boarded his special aircraft. Berlusconi had to be de-planed.

The summit has now been downgraded to ministerial level. Italian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver said she will now lead the talks with an opposite number the Indian side decides to field. Boniver flew to India to explain the situation to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha.
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