US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with her G8 counterparts in Potsdam, Germany next week ahead of the June summit of the seven richest nations in the world plus Russia, according to dpa. During the May 29th to June 1 trip Rice will also attend a women's empowerment conference in Vienna and hold meetings with Spanish officials in Madrid, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday. The foreign ministers will be meeting in Potsdam days before the June 5-6 G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, which will be attended by US President George W Bush and leaders from Britain, Canada France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.
