26th G8 summit
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Official G8 2000 Portrait at "Bankoku Shinryokan".

The 26th G8 Summit was a political summit that took place in Nago, Okinawa, Japan, on July 21- July 23, 2000.

A picture of Shureimon appears on the Japanese 2,000 yen note, released in 2000 in commemoration of the summit in Okinawa.

Leaders at the summit

2000 yen featuring Shureimon in commemoration of the summit

Permanent

• Japan Yoshiro Mori, Prime Minister
• Canada Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister
• France Jacques Chirac, President
• Germany Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor
• Italy Giuliano Amato, Prime Minister
• Russia Vladimir Putin, President
• United Kingdom Tony Blair, Prime Minister
• United States Bill Clinton, President

Priorities

Logo of the 26th G8 summit in Nago, Okinawa

Traditionally, the host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda for negotiations, which take place primarily amongst multi-national civil servants in the weeks before the summit itself, leading to a joint declaration which all countries can agree to sign.

References

See also

• G8

External links

• [1] Kantei Web site
• [2] Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
• [3] Okinawa Prefecture
• Delegations

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