Central Asian premiers hold security summit

October 8th, 2009 BEIJING - About 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets around the world gathered in Beijing to discuss the shifts and challenges in the industry at the World Media Summit that began Friday. The opening ceremony of the summit was held at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.

October 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Heads of media organisations worldwide will gather in the Chinese capital for a unique summit Oct 8-10. The World Media Summit, with the theme "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development", will be attended by officials from major media organisations including news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio, television broadcasters and online sites.

September 29th, 2009 BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit China Oct 12-14 to meet Chinese leaders and attend a Central Asian security summit, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Putin's visit was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and with a council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters.

September 4th, 2009 Special EU summit called ahead of G20 talks in USSTOCKHOLM — Sweden has called for an extra meeting of European Union leaders to discuss the global financial crisis ahead of a summit of Group of 20 nations in the U.S. later this month.

July 22nd, 2009 PHUKET - Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday held talks here with his counterparts from 16 countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS), setting the stage for India's seventh summit with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in October.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has cautiously welcomed the reported agreement between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani to resume the India-Pakistan dialogue halted by the November Mumbai terror attack. "I've just seen reports and, of course, we're very encouraged by these positive signals coming out of the talks," State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Thursday when asked to comment on the outcome of the two premiers' meeting on the sidelights of the Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt).

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Ground security for the G8-G5 summit in this town and its surrounding areas has been put on top priority with the Italian government hosting 27 heads of states. Nearly 10,000 security personnel have been assigned around Coppito, the main venue of the summit.

July 8th, 2009 US to host nuclear security summit in MarchL'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is planning to host a nuclear security summit in Washington next March. Obama's deputy national security adviser, Mark Lippert, says Obama announced the summit during a dinner with leaders of the world's top industrial nations in Italy.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama has arrived in the quake-ravaged Italian town of L'Aquila as the first Group of Eight summit of his presidency opened. Obama was greeted by host Silvio Berlusconi at the summit at a walled-off police academy where leaders of eight industrialized nations will hold their three-day meeting.

July 8th, 2009 Obama attending G-8 summit in ItalyROME — President Barack Obama is flying from Russia to Italy today for the G-8 summit of leading industrial nations. Agenda items include global warming, trade, Iran's nuclear ambitions and food security.

July 6th, 2009 Obama wants to host global nuclear security summitMOSCOW — President Barack Obama says he wants to host a summit on global nuclear security next year. Obama suggested the event at a news conference Monday after several hours of talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev).

June 15th, 2009 Russia, China, Central Asian nations hold summitYEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia played regional power broker Monday, hosting China and Central Asian nations for a summit that highlights the Kremlin's efforts to maintain clout in former Soviet territory and raise its profile in Afghanistan. Moscow is expected to use the meeting of leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to try to cement the six-nation group as a counterbalance to the U.S.

April 23rd, 2009 Italy asks to move G-8 summit to quake-hit cityROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he wants to move this summer's Group of Eight summit to earthquake-stricken L'Aquila from Sardinia to both save money and provide the region with an economic boost. Berlusconi told a news conference after a Cabinet meeting in L'Aquila that the security costs of holding the July 8-10 summit in the Sardinian island of La Maddalena would have cost euro220 million ($285 million) alone — money better spent on reconstruction efforts in Italy's central Abruzzo region.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will have his first meeting with United States (US) President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in London on April 2.

January 6th, 2009 BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Wednesday announced that the 14th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held in Hua Hin town and not in the Thai capital as planned earlier. He said the decision to shift the venue was taken in view of security reasons.