G-8: India holds consultations with outreach countries
India and four other outreach countries on Monday held consultations to formulate their stand on key issues pertaining to economic, trade and climate change ahead of the G-8 meeting in Japan in July.
By PTI |
BEIJING: India and four other "outreach countries" on Monday held consultations to formulate their stand on key issues pertaining to economic, trade and climate change ahead of the G-8 meeting in Japan in July.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon attended a preparatory meeting in this regard here.
Besides India, top officials from host China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa participated in the meeting, a multilateral consultation on economic and trade issues and climate change, among others, that the major developing nations plan to take up at the G-8 meeting to be held at Japan's northern island of Hokkaido Tayako.
The "outreach countries" are invited when the G-8, an exclusive club of rich nations comprising the US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia, meets. The previous G-8 meeting was held in Germany which would pass on the Presidency to Japan at the upcoming summit.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon attended a preparatory meeting in this regard here.
Besides India, top officials from host China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa participated in the meeting, a multilateral consultation on economic and trade issues and climate change, among others, that the major developing nations plan to take up at the G-8 meeting to be held at Japan's northern island of Hokkaido Tayako.
The "outreach countries" are invited when the G-8, an exclusive club of rich nations comprising the US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia, meets. The previous G-8 meeting was held in Germany which would pass on the Presidency to Japan at the upcoming summit.
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