Well prepared

Wed, 06.06.2007
 
Before the official part of the G8 Summit begins this evening, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be holding meetings with several of the Heads of State and Government in Heiligendamm. She will first be having lunch with US President George W. Bush.
Pupils from the Fritz Reuter High School in Kühlungsborn, who will be working as press support staff during the G8 Summit, in front of the assembly rooms in HeiligendammPhoto: REGIERUNGonline/Kühler Vergrößerung (en) Press support staff and hostesses from the regionDuring the afternoon she will hold meetings in turn with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 
This continues a series of personal preparatory meetings the Federal Chancellor is holding with each of her seven guests.
 
Over the past few days Merkel met the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe.
 
The partners of the eight Heads of State and Government will be accompanying them to dinner this evening on the Hohen Luckow estate.
 
The Baroque-style stately home Hohen Luckow near Bad DoberanPhoto: picture-alliance 7 dpa Vergrößerung (en) Dinner on the first evening on the Hohen Luckow estateThe violinist Julia Fischer and the pianist Milana Chernyavska, who can both be heard at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Music Festival, will be giving a concert of works by Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
 
The first working session will then take place on Thursday morning.
 
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