Russian president confident G8 summit a success

MOSCOW, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev voiced confidence that the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit and outreach sessions in Italy "have every chance to be successful," in an interview with Italian media published on Sunday.

Medvedev said "a whole set of documents" for the summit has been prepared, which attending leaders "will in all likelihood approve," according to a full text of the interview published on the Kremlin website.

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