Bush To Skip Planned South Korea Stop
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WASHINGTON — President Bush is traveling to Japan early next month for a summit of leading industrialized nations, but is skipping for now a widely expected stop in South Korea, the White House said yesterday.
This year’s meeting of leaders from the Group of Eight countries is being held in Lake Toya in Japan. It will be Bush’s last as president. The G-8 nations are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and America.
The nations have invited African leaders to a special meeting at the summit. Also taking place on the sidelines is a so-called “major economies” meeting, part of a global effort to find a new climate change agreement. The major economies are the 17 largest emitters of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, led by America and China.
The White House denied that Mr. Bush was declining to travel to South Korea because of enormous anti-American protests there.
