Saturday, July 15 2006 11:25 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: With images of horror and anguish from Mumbai blasts weighing heavily, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to ask leaders of the G-8 countries to come out with 'cohesive' action and a 'credible strategy' to effectively combat global terrorism.

Singh, who leaves for St Petersburg tomorrow on a three-day visit for the G-8 Summit, would also seek to leverage mounting international outrage to compel Pakistan to honour its commitment to end terrorism and violence directed against India.

Leaders from the G-8 countries comprising the US, Japan, Germany, Britain, Italy, France, Russia and Canada have strongly condemned the serial blasts in Mumbai suburban trains that left 200 dead and over 700 injured.

Singh, who visited Mumbai yesterday, has warned that terrorists were trying to spread their tentacles across the country and that terror modules were instigated, inspired and supported by elements across the border without which they could not act with such devastating effect.

The Prime Minister will have meetings with US President George W Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao and other leaders on Monday.

India alongwith China, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico have been invited for the summit as outreach countries. This would be the first occasion that Russia would be hosting a G-8 Summit. Congo and Kazakhstan would be participating in their capacity as Chair of the African Union and of the CIS respectively.