I don’t think that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world, said Trump. (File)
Washington:
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would delay the G7 summit scheduled for June and invite other countries – including Russia – to join the meeting.
“I don’t think that as a G7, it correctly represents what’s going on in the world. It’s a group of countries that is very outdated,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
He said he would like to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India to join an enlarged summit in the fall.
This could happen in September, before or after the United Nations General Assembly, Trump added.
Leaders of the Group of Seven, whom the United States is leading this year, were scheduled to meet by videoconference in late June after COVID-19 scuttled plans to meet in person at Camp David, the US presidential retreat outside. from Washington.
Trump said last week that he could finally hold this huge rally, “mainly at the White House,” but also potentially in part at Camp David.
The main advanced G7 countries – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – hold annual meetings to discuss international economic coordination.
The work is now more important because they are struggling to repair the damage caused by the coronavirus.
(This story has not been edited by GalacticGaming staff and is automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)
