WASHINGTON - A TOP aide to President George W. Bush was to promptly debrief advisors to president-elect Barack Obama about the G20 crisis summit, a senior administration official said.

The aide was to reach out to Obama advisors within hours of the summit's closing, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Prior to the summit, 'there were extensive consultations with their designated representative and very, very detailed discussions on what was likely to come out in the declaration,' the official said.

The official did not say whether, through these consultations, the Obama team had influenced the results of the summit in any way.

'We have consulted very closely and at length with the representative on their team, in very, very detailed discussions, and we intend to sit down with members of their team to give a debrief on the summit, and share our thoughts on some of the process issues and share our experiences with them of what we did to prepare this summit,' the official said. -- AFP