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Fact File

G-8 Summit At a Glance


Date Host country Host leader Location held
1st November 15-17, 1975 France Valry Giscard dEstaing Rambouillet
2nd June 27-28, 1976 United States Gerald R. Ford San Juan, Puerto Rico
3rd May 7-8, 1977 United Kingdom James Callaghan London
4th July 16-17, 1978 West Germany Helmut Schmidt Bonn
5th June 28-29, 1979 Japan Massayoshi Ohira Tokyo
6th June 22-23, 1980 Italy Francesco Cossiga Venice
7th July 20-21, 1981 Canada Pierre E. Trudeau Montebello, Quebec
8th June 4-6, 1982 France Franois Mitterrand Versailles
9th May 28-30, 1983 United States Ronald Reagan Williamsburg, Virginia
10th June 7-9, 1984 United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher London
11th May 2-4, 1985 West Germany Helmut Kohl Bonn
12th May 4-6, 1986 Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone Tokyo
13th June 8-10, 1987 Italy Amintore Fanfani Venice
14th June 19-21, 1988 Canada Brian Mulroney Toronto
15th July 14-16, 1989 France Franois Mitterrand Grande Arche, Paris
16th July 9-11, 1990 United States George H. W. Bush Houston, Texas
17th July 15-17, 1991 United Kingdom John Major London
18th July 6-8, 1992 Germany Helmut Kohl Munich
19th July 7-9, 1993 Japan Kiichi Miyazawa Tokyo
20th July 8-10, 1994 Italy Silvio Berlusconi Naples
21th June 15-17, 1995 Canada Jean Chrtien Halifax, Nova Scotia
April 19-20, 1996 (Special Russia Boris Yeltsin Moscow
summit on nuclear security)
22nd June 27-29, 1996 France Jacques Chirac Lyon
23rd June 20-22, 1997 United States Bill Clinton Denver, Colorado
24th May 15-17, 1998 (First United Kingdom Tony Blair Birmingham, England
summit as G-8)
25th June 18-20, 1999 Germany Gerhard Schrder Cologne
26th July 21-23, 2000 Japan Yoshiro Mori Nago, Okinawa
27th July 20-22, 2001 Italy Silvio Berlusconi Genoa
28th June 26-27, 2002 Canada Jean Chrtien Kananaskis, Alberta
29th June 2-3, 2003 France Jacques Chirac vian-les-Bains
30th June 8-10, 2004 United States George W. Bush Sea Island Georgia
31st July 6-8, 2005 United Kingdom Tony Blair Gleneagles, Scotland
32nd July 15-17, 2006 Russia Vladimir Putin Strelna, St. Petersburg
33rd June 6-8, 2007 Germany Angela Merkel Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

any material produced by their use if India detonates a strategies and were of the view that access to adequate
nuclear device. Then there is the issue of reprocessing of technology was one of the major requirements to help
spent fuel and futur nuclear tests, if any, to be conducted them reduce emissions. The greenhouse gases emitted by
by India. The security advisers of the two countries, M. K. developed countries are far in excess of what countries
Narayanan and Stephen Hadley met to sort out the like India and China emit. Prime Minister Manmohan
nuclear deal and other issues Singh has spoken in no uncertain terms that the growth
and development of developing countries should not be
While US President George W. Bush has insisted that
compromised while dealing with climate protection.
efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would not
succeed till countries like India and China were involved, The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also met
India has taken the stand that countries responsible for the Chinese President HU Jintao on the sidelines of the G-
creating the problem of climate change in the first place 8 Summit. The two sides agreed to step up talks on the
should take the lead in solving the problem. The leaders border issue in the spirit of peace and friendship, equal
of the emerging economies (0-5) which include India, consultation as well as mutual respect and understanding
China, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico have put the to seek a mutually acceptable solution. This assumes
onus of addressing the issue of climate change with the significance in the light of the recent Chinese claims over
developed countries, asking them to take the initiative by the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese
making significant cuts in their greenhouse emissions. Deputy Foreign Minister and Indian National Security
The Indian Prime Minister has stated that developing advisor M.K. Narayanan carried out parleys to arrive at a
countries should be treated as Partners and not mutually acceptable solution. Prime Minister Manmohan
Petitioners. The 0-5 leaders agreed to chalkout common Singh has termed China as Indias Greatest neighbour.

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