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Ethiopia - Meles Zenawi to represent Africa on G20 Summit

The Financial Times reports that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has invited Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to the G20 summit next month in London. FT quoting Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania’s president, writes, "But whereas no African leaders attended the previous G20 meeting in Washington in November, he said Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, had invited Meles Zenawi, his Ethiopian counterpart, to participate in the London meeting next month". According to the G20 London Summit website, the Chair of The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has been invited to the summit, along with the heads of states of the 20 biggest economies of the world. Meles Zenawi's name is not mentioned on the website, but Ethiopia's Prime Minister has been the chair of NEPAD since 2007.