The
18th G7 Summit was held in
Munich,
Germany between July 6 to 8, 1992. The venue for the summit meetings was at the
Residenz palace in central Munich.Japan,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (
MOFA): . Accessed 2009-03-11. 2009-04-30.
The
Group of Seven (
G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries:
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan, the
United Kingdom, the
United States,
Canada (since 1976)Saunders, Doug.
Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the
Group of Eight (
G7) with the inclusion of
Russia starting in 1997. and the
President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's President
Giscard d'Estaing and Germany's Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first
Group of Six (
G6) summit in 1975.
Leaders at the Summit
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