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Bush feels ill, yet meets Sarkozy

08 June 2007 12:52 (UTC +04:00)

The meeting however took place at the US presidential suite.
"The president woke up this morning and was not feeling well," said presidential counselor Dan Bartlett, as cited by USA Today.
"The president right now is resting and is going to recuperate a little," he added.
President Bush, however, skipped the joint press conference after the meeting and Sarkozy was forced to face journalists alone.
"I have just come out of a meeting with president Bush who is slightly unwell," Sarkozy told reporters. "He will join the working session when he can."
Bush is due to travel from Germany to neighbouring Poland later on Friday and there have been no changes to the schedule at this point.
It is not the first time that President Bush faces such non-standard situation during G8 summit. He hit a police officer by accident while riding bicycle in the morning when G8 summit in Scotland in 2005. The president was slightly injured then. /APA/