Prime Minister David Cameron has taken part in his first major international summits - the G8 and G20 in Canada.
The summits were an opportunity for global leaders to consider joint approaches to the major issues of the day.
Writing ahead of the summits, Cameron emphasised that they needed to be "more than talking shops".
One of the key areas he highlighted that required progress was the breaking down of trade barriers. “I totally support the completion of Doha", he said, "but we are not making progress and we need to do things in a different way so that these eight years of negotiation can be brought to a conclusion.”
Another key area that the Prime Minister was pressing at the summits was the future of operations in Afghanistan.
G8 leaders stated their commitment to working together on issues such as the economy, development, environmental sustainability and international peace and security
G20 leaders agreed to set non-binding targets for member states to at least halve their economic deficits by 2013 and stabilise or reduce government debt-to-GDP ratios by 2016. They also backed proposals for “significantly higher” capital requirements on banks to enable them to weather future crises.
Whilst at the summits Cameron also took the opportunity to hold talks with a number of his counterparts, including President Obama, President Hu Jintao of China and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.
Read the Prime Minister's statement to the House of Commons.