President Donald Trump on Monday postponed the Group of Seven (G7) meeting until after the United States election in November, after a previous delay due to COVID-19 concerns, CNN reported.
“I’m much more
inclined to do it sometime after the election,” Trump told reporters at a news
briefing. “We were going to do it in September.”
G7 is an
international intergovernmental economic organisation consisting of seven major
developed countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom
and the United States. The countries are the largest IMF-advanced economies in
the world.
The presidency of
the G7 rotates annually, and Mr Trump is this year’s chair.
According to CNN,
the summit was slated to be held at Camp David in June, and after a tentative
plan to postpone the meeting and switch to a virtual conference, Mr Trump had
floated in May the idea of doing it in person in the fall.
Mr Trump said the
White House had not yet formally invited leaders.
“We haven’t sent out
invitations. We’re talking to them,” he said.
The American leader
said he planned to invite countries that are not formal members of the Group of
Seven.
When asked whether
he would invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mr Trump said he would do so
because Mr Putin is an “important factor.”
“I certainly would
invite him to the meeting. I think he’s an important factor.”
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