G8 Summit

Leaders of the Groupof Eight Major Industrialized Nations(G8)will meet in Scotland in July this year.Representatives from China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil

have also beeninvited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.

British PrimeMinister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest'countries. He wants them to double aid to Africato 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has

also proposedreducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on Africanexports.This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their

agriculturalinterests.On climate change,Blair wants concerted（共同的）action by reducing carbon emissions（排放）.

US President GeorgeW. Bush agrees to give help to Africa. But hesays he doesn't like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it willincrease corruption.Bush said he

would not sign anagreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media. TheUS is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol（《京

都议定书》）.Althoughthe US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there issufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a

problem.

French PresidentJacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is determined toget the USto sign the climate change deal.

German ChancellorGerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals.Schroder'sofficials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa'sproblems

as"oldthinking".Berlin says that African states should only receive extra moneyif they can prove they've solved the corruption problem.

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to usethe aid to

Africa as aspringboard（跳板）next yearto propose aid to the former Soviet republics of Georgia, Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Moldova.

Japanese PrimeMinister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council,for which he will be lobbying（游说）at the summit. And he's concerned

about the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea'snuclear weapons programme.Japan will reject Blair's proposal to increaseaid to Africa.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned