leaders G7 The second day of the summits started this Saturday In Hiroshima (Japan) and where to discuss economic security and trade dependence on China Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to attend personallyin addition to the presidents of Brazil and India among other countries.
Leaders are expected to talk today about the “force” to approach Beijing’s international trade from a dominant position as a supplier of certain key components to various industries, and begin to outline the means in place for other countries to deal with these practices.
However, today’s discussions may be marred by the president of Ukraine, whose personal participation in the G7 was finally approved today by the Japanese presidency after conflicting information from Kiev the day before, which will motivate the change of the agenda for the day.
The first of four sessions originally scheduled for today, economic securityand more specifically, dependency on certain countries access to certain materials and the proposal to restructure supply chains to end this dominance.
Countries invited to the event in subsequent sessions will include Japan, Australia, Brazil, Comoros (on behalf of the African Union), South Korea, India, Indonesia, Cook Islands (Pacific Islands forum chair) and Vietnam. in conversations on food, energy or health cooperation and cooperation with developing countries.
Hiroshima G7, a A record number of participants in an attempt to strengthen the alliances of these countriesespecially with the so-called “global southern” powers to counter the growing presence and influence of China and the weight of Russia.
Zelenski’s anticipated presence in Hiroshima disrupted the already tight schedule for this second day, which must be changed to suit the president. According to an official from the European Union (EU), another of the organizations represented at the Hiroshima summit, it has not been clarified when Zelensky is expected to attend talks with G7 leaders on military support to Ukraine and eventual peace talks. that session will take place. The EU considers that one of the most important aspects of the Ukrainian leader’s participation in the summit will be his direct dialogue with the leaders of the other invited countries, and in particular with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is attending as acting president. G20, according to the same source. Zelenski is actually planning to celebrate a bilateral meeting with Modi in addition to a bilateral meeting with US president Joe Biden, as has been confirmed so far.
Commitments also had to be adjusted this Saturday due to the decision to hold a summit between the Quad countries (US, India, Australia and Japan) in Hiroshima, taking advantage of their leaders’ presence in the western Japanese city.