Special Report: President Hu attends outreach session of G8 Summit, visits
Sweden
Heiligendamm, Germany, June 8 (Xinhua) -- German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country holds the rotating G8 presidency, issued
a joint statement on Friday with leaders from the five developing countries who
attended an outreach session in the G8 summit.
The statement said talks between the leaders from the
G8 leading industrialized nations and Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South
Africa mark "an important step towards an equal and enduring partnership" for
building the framework conditions of a globalized and competitive world economy.
The leaders said they are committed to cooperate in
the following fields:
- Promoting Cross Border Investment
The leaders pledged to work together to promote more
favorable conditions for investment, both domestic and foreign, with the aim of
fostering economic growth and sustainable development. This may also include the
encouragement of responsible business conduct.
- Promoting Research and Innovation:
The leaders recognized that strategies to encourage
and support research and innovation are key elements for future sustainable
development of the economies.
- Fighting Climate Change:
The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and to its objective through both
mitigation and adaptation in accordance with their common but differentiated
responsibilities and respective capabilities.
- Energy:
The leaders confirmed their commitment to promote
energy efficiency, through cost-effective solutions, to advance the effective
use of fossil fuels, and to increase the use of cleaner and renewable energy
sources as an important step towards secure, stable and competitive energy
supplies for achieving sustainable development.
- Development, particularly in Africa:
The leaders reiterated their commitment to the
Millennium Development Goals, the eradication of poverty and sustainable global
development.
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