Washington - US President George W Bush, who was to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy later Saturday, was expected to host a global summit on the finance crisis in the US, the New York Times reported online. 

The Times quoted an unnamed senior White House official as saying Bush was to announce his invitation at Camp David, the presidential retreat where the two men and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso were to meet. 

Earlier Saturday, the French daily Le Figaro reported that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had offered to have the United Nations host an international summit on reforming the global finance system. (dpa)