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Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of G8 heads of state and government

July 22, 2000
10:00
Okinawa, Japan
G8 leaders planting a Peace Tree in the Bankoku Shinryo-kan garden.
G8 leaders planting a Peace Tree in the Bankoku Shinryo-kan garden.
G8 leaders before a morning meeting.
President Putin with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori before G8 leaders\' morning meeting.
Meeting of G8 heads of state and government.
Meeting of G8 heads of state and government. President Putin with French President Jacques Chirac.
Meeting of G8 heads of state and government. President Putin with US President Bill Clinton, to the left, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The leaders of the world’s eight best-developed countries planted a Peace Tree in the Bankoku Shinryo-kan garden before their morning meeting.

The meeting that followed the symbolic ceremony mainly focused on economic issues. President Putin informed his G8 partners about positive trends in the Russian economy. He expressed determination for consistent structural and financial changes in the national economy and for eliminating discrepancies between regional and national legislation.

The G8 leaders exchanged opinions on writing off the poorest countries’ debts and on economic and humanitarian aid to developing countries. They also discussed current international issues, including many aspects of regional security. The G8 summed up the discussion with a Statement on Regional Issues.

The summit participants paid special attention to Pyongyang’s proposal, with which Vladimir Putin acquainted them. According to it, North Korea is willing to give up its current missile programme, which has aroused many countries’ suspicions, in exchange for an opportunity to launch one or two civil-purpose Earth satellites a year from other countries and with their assistance. The heads of state and government adopted a G8 statement concerning the Korean Peninsula, which greets North and South Korea’s reciprocal efforts to bring down tensions and establish lasting peace in Northeast Asia.

The G8 leaders discussed the prospects of global information technological revolution and confirmed dedication to efforts to make all people in the world share information society benefits. The Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society, adopted at the meeting, stresses the leading role of progress in that field in guaranteeing sustained economic development and enhancing public welfare.

The summit participants expressed an intention to step up, even within this year, preparations for another round of negotiations in the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The summit leaders advanced an initiative for “a new partnership” against infectious diseases, mainly AIDS and malaria.

See also

G8 Statement on Regional Issues
July 21, 2000
G8 Statement on Korean Peninsula
July 21, 2000
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society
July 21, 2000
G8 Summit
July 21 − 23, 2000

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Publication date: July 22, 2000, 10:00

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