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G8 Summit in Heiligendamm: Day 1


Day 1 of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm: The arrival of the Heads of State and Government and bilateral meetings. The day ended with a joint dinner with partners.

 
01 Journalists watch the US President's plane land at Rostock-Laage Airport 02 US President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, wave from the gangway of Airforce One 03 President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, his wife Margarida Sousa Uva, and the Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Harald Ringstorff, inspect the Luftwaffe guard of honour
04 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, are welcomed by Harald Ringstorff, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and a guard of honour 05 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President George W. Bush on their way to a bilateral working lunch in Heiligendamm 06 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi waves on arrival, accompanied by his wife Flavia and Minister-President Ringstorff
07 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen Harper, wave from the gangway of their aeroplane 08 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President George W. Bush after their bilateral working lunch on the way to make a press statement in Heiligendamm 09 German Chancellor Angela Merkel talking to Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi
10 German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Bono and Bob Geldof on the fringes of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm 11 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cécilia Sarkozy, with Minister-President Harald Ringstorff on the red carpet 12 British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie Blair, are welcomed at Rostock-Laage Airport by Harald Ringstorff, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
13 German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the park in Heiligendamm 14 Russian President Vladimir Putin waves on arrival, accompanied by his wife Ludmila Alexandrovna Putina 15 Group photo of the G8 Heads of State and Government on the steps of Hohen Luckow
 

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