World leaders at The Queen’s reception

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace for world leaders, to mark the beginning of the G20 Summit in London.

(from left, standing): Kevin Rudd, PM Australia; Stephen Harper, PM Canada; Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director IMF; Angela Merkel, Chancellor Germany;Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General; of the United Nations; José Luis Zapatero, PM Spain; Pascal Lamy, Director General WTO; Jan Peter Balkenende, PM The Netherlands; Abhisit Vejjajiva, Chair of ASEAN and PM Thailand; Kgalema Motlanthe, President South Africa; Taro Aso, PM Japan;
(from left, sitting): Lee Myung-bak, President S. Korea; Nicolas Sarkozy, President France, Co-Prince Andorra; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; Hu Jintao, President China; Gordon Brown, PM UK; Queen Elizabeth II;

(from left, standing): Abhisit Vejjajiva, Chair of ASEAN and PM Thailand; Kgalema Motlanthe, President South Africa; Taro Aso, PM Japan; Silvio Berlusconi, PM Italy; Barack Obama, U.S. President; Mirek Topolanek, PM Czech Republic and Chair of EU; Recep Tayyip Erdogan, PM Turkey;Mario Draghi, Chairman Financial Stability Forum; Manmohan Singh, PM India;Robert Zoellick, President World Bank; Jose Manuel Barroso, President European Commission; Meles Zenawi Chair of NEPAD and PM Ethiopia.
(from left, sitting): Queen Elizabeth II; Luiz Innacio Lula da Silva, President Brazil; Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President Indonesia; Felipe Calderón, President Mexico; Cristina Kirchner, President Argentina; Dmitry Medvedev, President Russian Federation.