Obama opens G8 summit at Camp David
CAMP DAVID,
Maryland: President Barack Obama greeted G8 leaders at his rural
presidential retreat of Camp David Friday, marking the opening of summit
dominated by Europe's fiscal woes.Obama greeted leaders from the European Union, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia all dressed in casual attire to a log-cabin meeting opening the summit spanning two days.
Discussions around the dinner table at Obama's Laurel Lodge will focus on Iran's nuclear challenge ahead of talks between global powers and the Islamic Republic in Baghdad later this month.
The leaders are also expected to address Syria's crackdown on its anti-government uprising, fears that North Korea will launch a new nuclear test and Myanmar, after Obama eased US investment restrictions Thursday on the country formerly known as Burma.
G8 leaders will hold their main discussions on Europe's fiscal plight Saturday at Camp David's rustic collection of cabins on the wooded Catoctin Mountain in Maryland, outside Washington.
Diplomats also expect an agreement on how to help newly free Arab nations recover state assets moved abroad by members of previous regimes. (AFP)
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