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Blair among leaders to attend G-77, China
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Some 60 heads of state and
many prime ministers, including Britain’s Tony Blair,
will attend the second Group of 77 and China
South Summit in Doha on June 15-16, a senior official
said.
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“Around 60 heads of state and a large number of heads of
government and ministers will attend the biggest global
summit to be held in the Middle East,” Assistant Foreign
Minister for Follow-up Affairs and chairman of the
national organizing committee HE Mohamed bin Abdullah
al-Rumeihi told reporters on Thursday.
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The heads of state will
get together on June 15-16, but their summit will be
preceded by preparatory meetings of foreign ministers
and other senior officials, he said.
Qatar expects to host more than 5,000 people between
June 10 and 17 in connection with the summit, including
some 1,500 participants, 3,000 aides and bodyguards and
800 journalists, Rumeihi said.
The deliberations will focus on “strategic issues of
concern to the South...
The main goal is to promote development and tackle
problems which hamper (economic growth) in member
states,” he said.
The summit will also look into trade within the group
and relations with the North, the official said.
He added that Blair would address the summit on behalf
of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to explain
his proposals to solve debt problems.
The summit in Doha will be the second for the Group of
77 and China, which held its first summit in Havana in
April 2000.
The G-77 and China is the largest coalition of
developing countries in the world and currently
comprises 132 countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America
and the Caribbean.
The coalition, founded by 77 nations in 1964, aims at
promoting its member states’ economic development and
their interests inside UN institutions.
Rumeihi said Qatar had mobilized 2,000 people, including
security men, to help stage the event. – AFP
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