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VICE -President Guy Scott has arrived in Bolivia, South America for a two-day G77 + China Summit which opens today.
Dr Scott, who is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Gabriel Namulambe and his Special Private Secretary Robert Kamalata was welcomed by the president of the nations Chamber Eugenio Rojas yesterday.
Dr Scott was accorded a guard of honour mounted by the defence personnel of the Bolivian army.
The Vice -President was also given a briefing on the city of Santa Cruz by the officials from the local administration of Department of Santa Cruz.
A total of 27 Presidents, three Vice Presidents and four Prime Ministers who have since started arriving are  expected to attend the G77 + China Summit that brings together 133 developing and emerging countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia and over 100 high-level delegates.
Bolivian President Evo Morales who toured Exhibition fair Fexop Cruz, the venue for the summit in the company of his Information Minister
Amanda Davila has declared his country ready to host the  group of 77 developing countries plus China ( G77 + China ) that opens today.
The Summit will be held under the theme “for a new world order for living well.”
Speaking shortly after a conducted final tour of the exhibition fair at Fexopo Cruz, the venue for the Summit, President Morales said his country was ready to host the event that brings together 133 developing and emerging countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia and over 100 high-level delegates.
The Group of 77 was established on the June 15, 1964 during a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held in Geneva, Switzerland.-ZANIS