November 2005
G8 SUMMIT


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Welcome to the G8 Presidency website

This years G8 Summit took place at Gleneagles Hotel,
Perthshire, Scotland on 6-8 July 2005.

Gleneagles Hotel
The main agreements reached covered development in Africa
and tackling global climate
change. Showing they would not be deterred by the 7 July bomb attacks in London, G8
leaders discussed other
issues too, including support for peace in the Middle East, countering global
terrorism and the proliferation of weapons.
G8 Leaders, the Leaders of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South
Africa and the Heads of the International Organisations represented at the Summit
released a joint
statement following the attacks on London.
On that day, the G8 leaders were joined by outreach
leaders:
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva (Brazil), President Hu Jintao (China), Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (India),
President Vicente Fox Quesada (Mexico), President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (South Africa) and
heads of international organisations to discuss climate change.
On 8 July, the G8 Leaders met with African
leaders from Algeria, Ethiopia,
Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania to discuss the issues surrounding
Africa.
This site offers you some background
to the G8 and information on the area around
Gleneagles as well as an FAQ
section.
You can also see the agreements from the Summit in full on the summit
documents page and find out about the other meetings
taking place under the Presidency in the events
section.
President Vladimir Putin announced at Gleneagles
that the next Summit would be held in Saint
Petersburg.
Read Prime
Minister Tony Blair's welcome message.
G8 Gleneagles Summit, July 2005
November 7, 2005