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US President Trump has announced his intention to postpone the G7 Summit, a summit of the seven major countries, which was being coordinated in Washington in late next month until September. He also indicated that he would like to invite four countries including Russia and South Korea to discuss China.
The US Trump administration, which is the chair of the G7 Summit, postponed the G7 Summit once in response to the global spread of the new coronavirus, but since the peak of the infection has passed, each country will be in the end of next month. Was inviting the leaders of the company to Washington to hold the meeting at the White House.
Regarding this, President Trump announced on the 30th that he will postpone the G7 Summit until September in a presidential plane returning from Florida to Washington.
He then indicated that he would like to invite four countries, Russia, South Korea, Australia, and India, in addition to the seven, to discuss China.
According to a representative of the reporters who accompanied him, President Trump said, "I don't think the G7 countries are outdated groups and countries that deal appropriately with the world situation."
Regarding the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Abe was coordinating to visit the site if it was decided, and British Prime Minister Johnson and French President Macron were also willing to attend, but Germany's Merkel The prime minister had expressed an idea of making a stop.