G20 Ends Seoul Summit with Joint Statement

Leaders of the world's major developed and developing countries as well as international institutions wrapped up the 2-day G20 Seoul Summit on Friday afternoon with a joint communique.

Attending the Seoul Summit were leaders from the G20 member countries, the European Union, the IMF, the World Bank, the UN, the World Trade Organization, the OECD, the African Union, the ASEAN, and the International Labor Organization, as well as from five non-G20 countries -- Ethiopia, Malawi, Singapore, Spain, Vietnam.

Chinese President Hu Jintao attended the summit, and sat between Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a huge roundtable. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan accompanied Hu at the summit.

(Xinhua News Agency November 12, 2010)