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	03.12.06 Victoria Panova G8 research group, University of Toronto, Director for Russia
	03.12.06 Mona Bricke German NGO Forum Environment and Development
	03.12.06 Nigel Martin Montreal International Rorum (FIM)
	02.12.06 John Kirton Head of G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
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Russia, Canada G8 sherpas discuss upcoming summit

OTTAWA, April 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s G8 Sherpa Igor Shuvalov has met here with Canadian G8 Sherpa Peter Harder, as well as with representatives of Canadian business circles and nongovernmental organizations to discuss Russia’s priorities at the upcoming G8 summit in St. Petersburg.

Russia’s priorities at the summit it hosts in July are energy security, fight against infectious diseases and education. Shuvalov, who is Russian president’s aide, met with Canadian businessmen whose interests are concentrated in the energy sector, including gas and oil production, power industry and atomic industry.

Round-table discussions with activists from Canadian nongovernmental organizations were organized as a video link, in which nongovernmental organizations from the capital, as well as from Montreal, Toronto and Calgary participated.

Talks in Canada have demonstrated that the stances of the two countries as concerns the agenda of the St. Petersburg summit coincide.

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	02.12.06 Halter Marek Le College de France
	02.12.06 Olivier Giscard d’Estaing COPAM, France
	02.12.06 Mika Ohbayashi Institute for Sustainable Energy Poliсy
	02.12.06 Bill Pace World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
	01.12.06 Peter I. Hajnal Toronto University, G8 Research Group