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French president to attend opening of Olympics
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-09 10:39 TOYAKO - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, representing his own country and the European Union, his office said on Wednesday.
Sarkozy met Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of a summit of world leaders in nothern Japan on Wednesday. "The President of the Republic has confimed to the Chinese president his intention of travelling to Beijing on August 8 to take part in the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games," the French presidency's office said in a statement. As well as France, Sarkozy would represent the EU because France holds the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc, the office said.
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