Spain has invited the Czech Republic to form part of its delegation to Saturday`s economic summit in Washington, Spanish media reported Friday.

The invitation will allow Czech vice-premier Marek Mora to attend plenary sessions, the online edition of top-selling newspaper El Pais and radio Cadena Ser reported citing unnamed government sources.

Mora will occupy one of the four seats at the summit granted to Spain, the two media outlets, which are close to the government, added.

Spain feels that its is important that the Czech Republic be present at the gathering as it will take over the six month rotating presidency of the European Union from France in January, the sources told El Pais.

Spain itself was initially not on the guest list of the summit, which only included members of the Group of 20 richest nations and biggest emerging economies but later gained an invite after intense diplomatic lobbying.

The Spanish government had argued that Spain should attend because it has the world`s eighth-largest economy and can make a valuable contribution thanks to its banking sectors` relative success in weathering the present financial turmoil.

Created in 1999, the Group of 20 accounts for 85 percent of the world economy and about two-thirds of the world`s population.

It comprises the seven major industrialised nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Germany and the United States -- and Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey.

It also takes in the 27-nation EU, of which Spain is a member.