Wide range of issues to be discussed in G8 Summit

Food security is a new field where G8 should take important initiatives, Frattini said.

"Our idea is to cooperate closely among all the G8 members plus the other five important economies including China to give a message to the outside world that quantity but also quality of food is paramount for the future of the world," he said.

There would be also very important discussions about non-proliferation during the summit, Frattini said.

"The international community has strong interest in preventing and stopping the nuclear proliferation of Iran," he said.

The minister also stressed that the developed countries would cooperate tightly with developing countries at the summit, which will include G8 members -- the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and this year's host Italy, and also will gather the emerging nations of China, India, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, plus Egypt, the major Islamic and African nation.

However, Frattini also expressed his concern about the results of strategies and promises made by G8.

"Frequently, we make important strategies and then do not follow up the results," he said.

"While mapping out new strategies, we need to avoid forgetting the strategies that are already on the table and are not completely implemented," the minister said, adding that he will propose a G8 foreign ministers meeting in September to check whether promises made in the past have been fulfilled.

He also said that deciding to hold the meetings in L'Aquila, which was badly damaged by an earthquake in April that killed nearly 300 people and left 60,000 homeless, was to demonstrate Italy's effort to rebuild the city.