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Japan sinks G8 move on tanker safety
By Julio Godoy
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Asia Times Online
30th April 2003
PARIS - Maritime measures to prevent spills from oil tankers will be off the agenda at the Group of Eight (G8) meeting in June. Japan scuttled a German proposal to include the issue on the agenda, according to documents from preparatory discussions among environment ministers of the eight countries. The Russian delegation is reported to have backed the Japanese objections.
Environment ministers from the G8 countries met in Paris this past weekend to discuss the environmental issues that need to be taken up at the June meeting. Leaders from the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Russian Federation) are due to meet in Evian, France, from June 1-3.
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