Life hectic at G8 summit, relations tense behind the scenes Life hectic at G8 summit, relations tense behind the scenes

9 Jul, 08:43 PM 2 comments

Russia President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Italy on Wednesday, July 8, for the L’Aquila Group of Eight summit meeting, the second G8 summit of his career. His plane landed at a military air base outside Rome and he, like the other world leaders, was taken by helicopter to the town of Coppito, on the edge of L’Aquila, and received by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.



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