Other Countries
The purpose of the G8 – the main industrialised democracies’ forum for dialogue – is to come up with fresh answers to the main global political and economic issues.
In addition to its traditional members, the Italian duty Presidency has invited to the G8 Summit the countries that make up the Major Economies Forum, the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) founder states, the representatives of the African Union and Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands.
Other countries invited
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak, President
MEF (Major Economies Forum) countries
Australia
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister
Republic of Korea
Lee Myung-bak, President
Indonesia
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President
Denmark (the country hosting next December’s UN Conference on Climate Change)
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Prime Minister
African countries
Angola
José Eduardo dos Santos, President
Algeria (NEPAD's Founder)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
Nigeria (NEPAD's Founder)
Umaru Yar’Adua, President
Senegal (NEPAD's Founder)
Abdoulaye Wade, President
NEPAD's chair
Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
African Union
Muammar al-Gaddafi, African Union chair (Libya)
Jean Ping, African Union Commission chair
Additional Countries
Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister
Spain
José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister
Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister
