Hu leaves for G8 summit outreach session

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-7-7  |     ONLINE EDITION


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CHINESE President Hu Jintao left Beijing this afternoon for Japan to attend the Outreach Session of the Group of Eight (G8) Summit, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

The G8 members, namely the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and Russia, are scheduled to hold their annual summit of 2008 from July 7 to 9 at a lakeside resort of Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido of Japan.