Near Birmingham in Britain, for instance, the cluster of car-industry service firms that grew up when that city was a force in the industry has become an important element in the development of Formula One and other specialist vehicle businesses.
They agreed on an outline formula that would see Serbian forces withdraw from Kosovo and the introduction of an international peacekeeping force under the United Nations.
"Given the sheer size of India and its booming economy it should be on the Formula One calendar, " declared Dr Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher airline and beer tycoon, and owner of the Force India F1 team.