Mr Fujimura was quoted as saying the visit would still go ahead, but that the topic of the statue would be unavoidable at the summit talks.
The two-day summit began with talks between the G7 ministers and their counterparts from Brazil, China, India and Russia.
President Obama had tried to push through a new pact last month, during the G-20 summit in Seoul, but talks broke down over the tariff issue.
The talks followed a summit on Saturday between President Kabila and President Kagame, at which they agreed to restore relations and continue discussions to resolve their differences.
At last December's summit, shortly before the talks collapsed, Mr Blair won acceptance of his demand that member countries keep their vetoes on such issues as tax, social security and judicial co-operation.
Roh and Kim opened formal talks Wednesday at the first summit between the divided countries in seven years.
Mrs Merkel - seen as the main powerbroker in the summit - has already acknowledged that the talks will be "very difficult".
But unlike previous attempts to achieve a resolution to the region's turmoil through traditional means, there would be no negotiating nor any political talks at Sunday's summit.
Some countries had wanted to continue the talks but the two day summit ended after Germany and the UK insisted the differences were too great.
Hopes that talks in Copenhagen outside the summit could lead toward a deal to reunite the island came to little, but Cyprus was accepted anyway.
Foreign ministers from the G8 nations are starting two days of talks in London before the G8 summit in June.
Also in January, Mr Vajpayee will attend a regional summit in Islamabad, an opportunity for bilateral talks with Pakistan too.
One non-member of OSCE at the talks is Israel -- and Powell was holding crucial talks on the fringes of the summit with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres over the escalation of Middle East violence.
The EU still thinks Turkey has further to go before formal accession negotiations can start, but even those member states least friendly to the Turks have been making conciliatory noises: on October 10th, the foreign minister of Greece, Turkey's traditional adversary, said he saw no reason why the EU should not set a date for accession talks with Turkey at its December summit in Copenhagen.
The Santiago summit will still happen, and probably launch the talks, but their progress will be desultory.
Is it any wonder that the plans met resistance during talks on the sidelines of a Brussels summit?
What he was hoping for was a united front coming out of this summit, as they go into this world trade talks next month.
He had talks with Kibaki at the African Union Summit in neighboring Ethiopia, and is due to talk to Odinga, the opposition leader, here tomorrow.
The U.S. has set high expectations for the summit, saying it hopes to launch full peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians after a seven-year lull.
In the short term, EU leaders are to meet for their first face to face talks on the crisis at a planned summit in Brussels in two weeks time.
You know, going into this summit, President Bush himself acknowledged that the world trade talks are going to trump any regional deal.
The leaders of the 27 EU nations began the summit with an informal dinner, and later continued their talks behind closed doors.
Ministers are meeting on Monday for further talks and EU leaders will hold a special summit in November to try to strike a budget deal.
Even now, amid deep pessimism about ever finishing Doha, the Indian government is holding a summit of trade ministers in the hope of restarting the talks.
G7 summit in Birmingham, and attends the Arab-Israeli talks in London, Mr Blair is entitled to reflect that he has lately cut quite a dash on the world stage.
But it would be surprising if Brazil does not see in the summit the germ of a united South American front in talks for a Free Trade Area of the Americas, which could speed up next year.
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The summit opened on the same day as the Millennium Round of talks organised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began in Seattle, US. The WTO is expected to agree a new round of global trade liberalisation talks in several economic sectors, including that of the internet.
Ahead of the emergency summit of eurozone leaders, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with Mr Sarkozy.
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