WORKING MEETINGS SUMMIT2006

The Meeting of Finance Ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations (G8) will be held on June 9-10, 2006, in Saint Petersburg. G8 consists of Russia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.A. This is the second session in a series of G8 Finance Ministers Meetings to be held in 2006; it will be held under Russia’s presidency of the G8 for the first time in the history of the Group.

To obtain accreditation for G8 Finance Ministers Meeting coverage, please complete a registration form at the accreditation page: www.register.G8finance.ru ¹.

The deadline of journalists’ accreditation is June 1, 2006.

Having obtained the accreditation, the journalists can work at the Press Center building during the period of the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting. However, at the first visit to Press Center, the journalists need to register to obtain accreditation card and information materials for the Meeting.

Press Center offices are equipped with all the necessary technical appliances for any kind of journalist’s works:

• Live broadcasting of the Meeting protocol events;
• Internet (including Wi-Fi);
• Phones;
• Faxes;
• Copiers.

On completion of the Meeting, the accredited journalists will have opportunity to take part in the final news conference and news conferences of the national delegations.

Press Center of the Meeting is located at: 5/2 Pirogovskaya nab. St Petersburg

Press Service,
Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation