10 Heads of State to Attend G-15 Summit in Jakarta Next MonthAt least 10 heads of state had confirmed their attendance at the G-15 summit, scheduled to be held in Jakarta in late May, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab.Alwi however did not say who they were. "There will be more than 10 (heads of state) and this has passed the quorum, so we can relax a bit now," the minister said after attending a cabinet meeting at Bina Graha presidential office on Friday. Alwi said that during the meeting, he reported to President Abdurrahman Wahid the preparations made for the summit. The summit's main agenda would be "how to strengthen cooperation in the development of information technology" between member countries, Alwi was quoted by the Jakarta Post Saturday as saying. The G-15 consists of Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Colombia and Iran. During last year's summit in Cairo, G-15 leaders blasted the West for shackling them with unjust trade terms and crushing debts, with Jamaica's prime minister accusing the rich of consigning them to the "graveyard of penury". |
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