The official photo session of the G8 leaders, invited leaders and heads of international organizations: President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President George Bush (foreground, left to right), British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President of the Republic of South Africa Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso (middle ground, left to right).
- Categories: Politics
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 17.07.2006
- Date published: 17.07.2006
- Author: Ilya Pitalev
- Source: POOL
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3000x2000px, 1.2Mb