Meles Zenawi in Japan for G8 summit

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is in Japan to attend the G8 summit. The G8 summit will be held from July 7-9 in Hokkaido, Japan and this is the third G8 summit that Meles Zenawi has attended in recent years. He is expected to hold discussions with G8 leaders on African issues. Ethiopia's Prime Minister has been a regular at this summit of the World's wealthy nations plus Russia. Ethiopia is one of seven countries in Africa attending the G-8 Summit

Britain - Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Canada - Prime Minister Stephen Harper
France — President Nicolas Sarkozy
Germany — Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
Russia — President Dmitry Medvedev
The United States - President George W. Bush
European Union - European Commission President Jose Manuel