Taking part in the meeting were President of the ANSA news agency Boris Bianchieri (Italy), General Director of Reuters Tom Gloser (United Kingdom), General Director of ITAR-TASS Vitaly Ignatenko (Russia), President of Kyodo Tsushin news agency Satoshi Ishikawa (Japan), Chief Editor of Associated Press Thomas Kent (United States), Chief Executive of Agence France Presse Pierre Louette (France) and President of Deutsche Presse-Agentur Malte von Trotha (Germany).