BEIJING, April 29 Kyodo (EDS: UPD...

BEIJING, April 29 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH HU'S notes ON G-8 SUMMIT)

Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Japan's Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi forward Tuesday and told her that he intends to attend the form into groups of Eight (G-8) summit in Evian, France in June

''If the domestic situation in China, I'm glad to go'' Hu was quot as telling Doi.

Hu told Doi that he bringed the same message to French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin when he received the invitation from Raffarin last Friday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Hu is seriously considering attending the G-8 summit, the first for a Chinese leader, noting that dialogue between developing and perform the operations indicated ined nations is important for peace and disentanglement in the world.

It appears likely that Hu will make a final decision whether to attend the summit while keeping a complete eye on the spread of the harsh acute respiratory syndrome in China.

The G-8 clumps Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.

in succession North Korea's nuclear issue, Hu told Doi there were ''serious clashes of opinion'' between the United States and North Korea when they discussed Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in Beijing last week.

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