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PM to attend G8 summit opening today

By Vaiju Naravane

LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND) MAY 31. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, who will arrive in Geneva on Sunday morning, will leave immediately by helicopter for Evian for inauguration of the summit and the enlarged dialogue meeting.

India is particularly concerned about international terrorism and several economic issues, particularly that of Western agricultural subsidies which hurt the developing nations.

"Despite the action against Iraq, there have been very serious incidents of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. We also find that the issue of terrorism has not gone away from our region.

``These networks are interlinked and we have said that global terrorism has to be dealt with on a global and not selective basis, the Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sibal, said.

Mr. Vajpayee will meet the Brazilian President, Lula da Silva. Other meetings are yet to be finalised.

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