Japanese authorities decided to send $4 billion to help vulnerable states. This was expressed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in his speech at the inaugural meeting of the G7 Partnership (UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and the US) on global infrastructure and investment in Hiroshima. Wrote agency TASS.
“The decision was made to allocate $4 billion to help countries vulnerable to climate change maintain their food security and to help medium and small businesses,” said the head of the Japanese government.
Japan will chair the G7 in 2023 and is holding a summit in Hiroshima on May 19-20. Official representatives from Australia, Brazil, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, the Cook Islands, the Union of the Comoros and South Korea attended the meeting.
Earlier on May 20, the G7 group issued a joint statement. announced On supporting the political normalization process in Syria with the help of the UN.
Before that, the G7 countries made a joint statement on the same day. announcedThey stated that they intend to continue the fight against all forms of terrorism and extremism, cross-border crime and the spread of synthetic drugs.