Zoellick to visit Asia in first trip as WB chief

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WASHINGTON, July 26 (AFP): In his first trip abroad as World Bank president, Robert Zoellick will visit the Asia-Pacific region July 30-August 9, including Australia, Japan, Cambodia and Vietnam, the bank said yesterday.
Zoellick, who took office on July 2, will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Australia, followed by visits to Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan, a top World Bank shareholder that will host the Group of Eight (G8) meeting in 2008.
Zoellick was named the World Bank's 11th president on June 25, after a favouritism scandal forced his predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz.