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To: TobagoJack who wrote (781)	4/26/2003 8:55:09 PM
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China invited to G8's table France has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to join the world's seven most industrialised countries and Russia at a summit in France in June. The invitation came during a visit to Beijing by French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin - the first Western leader to visit China since the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic. Russia has participated in summits of the Group of Seven (G7) in recent years - a move motivated more by political than economic factors, correspondents say. But Mr Raffarin said the 1-3 June summit in the French spa town of Evian would focus on development issues, "therefore we have expressed a wish that China be present". When a country is in trouble we could desert it - but I'm not a deserter Jean-Pierre Raffarin The G7 consists of the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Japan, Italy and Canada. It is now known informally as the G8, as it includes Russia. He also told his Chinese hosts that he wanted to express "the solidarity of the French" as China struggles to contain the pneumonia-like Sars. Liu Qi, the Communist Party chief in Beijing - which has seen 42 Sars deaths and thousands quarantined - told him that "in this current special situation, you came here and I truly appreciate this spirit". Precautions Mr Raffarin cut back his trip from three days to two and cancelled a visit to Shanghai after the World Health Organization issued a travel warning for China. Earlier US Vice President Dick Cheney and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong cancelled plans to visit China. Mr Raffarin did not wear a mask on his visit, but the French delegation did take masks and disinfectant with them to China, the AFP news agency reports. Mr Raffarin said his talks also covered the Iraq crisis and that France and China "share positions" on the importance of a United Nations role in rebuilding Iraq. And he oversaw the signing of a deal between China's aviation authorities and European plane-maker Airbus to buy 30 aircraft valued at $1.8bn (£1.1bn). news.bbc.co.uk