Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will depart Nigeria for Italy on Wednesday to attend the G8 summit at the Coppito Guardia di Finanza School between July 8 and 10.

The president's advance team departed on Sunday night.

This week's meeting will be the third since President Yar'Adua was sworn in on May 29, 2007 and the first he is being invited to attend.

In the last two summits, the G8 organizers had invited only countries which they described as the stable and structured emerging economies. The non-invitation of Nigeria's president to the last meeting had attracted reactions from Nigerians.

Source:Xinhua