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　　African， South American leaders

　　gather for inaugural summit

　　African and South American foreign ministers were preparing the ground for an inaugural summit of leaders from the two continents， home to 1.3 billion

　　The importance of the Thursday meeting of the two continents in Abuja was clear and further summits have already been planned in Venezuela in 2009 and in Morocco in 2012.

　　In a draft declaration for the summit， the leaders will call for a rapid resumption and speedy conclusion of the Doha Round of world trade talks.

　　They also want to create an African-South American investment bank with both regional financing and funds from the major international financial institutions.

　　非洲和南美领导人

　　聚首首届峰会

　　非洲和南美的外长们正在为两大洲的领导人首届峰会作准备。这两个洲拥有13亿人口，国内生产总值的总和是2.45万亿美元。

　　将于周四在阿布贾举行的两大洲的此次会议的意义不言而喻。而且，未来的峰会早已计划好，将分别于2009年在委内瑞拉和2012年在摩洛哥举行。

　　在此次峰会的宣言草案中，领导人们将呼吁立即恢复并尽快结束多哈回合世贸谈判。

　　他们还希望创建一家非洲—南美投资银行，其资金来源是地区融资和国际大金融机构的资金。▲

　　关键词：inaugural summit 首届峰会

　　（本栏目供稿：萧 涵）