July 17, 2001
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced that he will attend the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, July 20-22, 2001.

"I’m looking forward to this opportunity to exchange views with my colleagues on the world economy, the challenge of global poverty reduction, and the environment," said the Prime Minister. "As we conduct this meeting and prepare next year’s Summit in Canada, we must keep in mind that G8 cooperation, especially when we work in partnership with developing countries, can bring real benefits to Canadians and to the world."

The G8 is an informal group of eight developed democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. G8 membership enables Canada to pursue its broad foreign, trade, and economic policy agenda and interests and to help shape global developments on a range of issues, including responses to global crises.

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