Friday, September 06, 2013

There are four women leaders at the G20.

Park Geun-hye from South Korea, Angela Merkel of Germany (member of the G8), Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina. 

The usual G8 of major economies are at the summit, Stephen Harper of Canada, Francois Hollande of France, Erico Letta of Italy, Shinzo Abe of Japan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, David Cameron of Great Britain, Barak Obama of the USA and Herman Van Rompuy and Manuel Barroso of the European Union. 

The other nations of this summit include the leaders of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erodagan, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Manmohan Singh of India, Xi Jinping of China and Kevin Rudd of Australia.

Evidently, Cameron is not getting much respect these days.

6 September 2013
David Cameron has made an impassioned defence (click here) of Britain's history and achievements after a Russian official dismissed it as "just a small island".
Speaking to reporters at the G20 summit, the unnamed official said "no-one pays any attention" to Britain.
Mr Cameron said Russia had "absolutely denied" the remarks.
But he used the opportunity to champion Britain, saying few other nations had "a prouder history, a bigger heart or greater resilience".
British relations with Russia have been strained in recent years following the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2007.
The two countries disagree over what to do about the war in Syria, which is dominating discussions at the two-day summit....

I hate to clue Cameron in, but, that geographical assessment is strategic. Cameron should heed those words. 

The good news is Cameron was actually there for the economic summit and not the military one being conducted by the USA.