France's Sarkozy wants G8 to become G13

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that the G8 should eventually become the G13 adding China, India, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa to the existing group of leading industrialized countries.

"The G8 should continue its slow transformation," Sarkozy said in a speech to French ambassadors.

"I want the G8 to become the G13."