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G8 officials to hold last-ditch pre-summit talks
Senior officials from G8 member nations will fly into London for last-minute talks aimed at ironing out differences before the organisation's summit in Scotland next week, a report said. In what is a high-risk strategy by British officials keen to get agreement on issues such as aid for Africa and global warming, the meeting has been arranged to try and draw up a draft summit communique, the Guardian said. According to the London-based paper, British government officials said anonymously they were "a long way from an agreement" but had been ordered by Prime Minister Tony Blair to continue trying.
The talks between officials known as "sherpas", after the Nepalese mountain guides who lead the way for climbing parties, will be held at Lancaster House, a grand 19th century home in London now used by Britain's Foreign Office for meetings. Blair has pledged to make increased assistance for Africa and moves to tackle global warming the twin priorities of the summit of leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations' club he is hosting at Gleneagles, Scotland, from next Wednesday, According to one British source cited by the Guardian, it remained to be seen how much Blair would achieve. "We are not talking about failure. It is a question of whether the outcome will be good or great," they said. The talks were "at a very delicate moment", another British source added. "The discussions between sherpas may go all the way into the (G8) meetings themselves. We are not willing to negotiate away key parts of the text."
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