Reuters
Mr Trump made the feedback on board Air Pressure One whereas returning to Washington from Cape Canaveral, Florida
US President Donald Trump has mentioned he’ll postpone this yr’s G7 summit and invite leaders of different international locations to take part within the talks.
“I do not really feel that… it correctly represents what is going on on on the planet. It is a very outdated group of nations,” Mr Trump mentioned on Saturday.
The G7 group, which the US hosts this yr, contains Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK.
The president mentioned Russia, South Korea, Australia and India ought to be invited.
Talking to reporters on board the presidential airplane Air Pressure One, Mr Trump mentioned that he was delaying the summit – which was scheduled to happen later in June – till September.
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Final week, Mr Trump mentioned it is perhaps attainable to carry a gathering on the White Home and doubtlessly elements of Camp David, the US presidential nation retreat, regardless of considerations over the coronavirus pandemic.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel later rejected the president’s invitation to attend a summit in individual due to the outbreak.
Her spokesman thanked Mr Trump, however mentioned the German chief “can’t conform to her private participation, to a journey to Washington”.
On Friday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “agreed on the significance of convening the G7 in individual within the close to future” following a dialog with the US president, the White Home mentioned in an announcement.
The G7 – or Group of Seven – leaders had been scheduled to satisfy by videoconference in June in response to Covid-19.
The group is made up of the seven of the world’s largest economies.
It regards itself as “a neighborhood of values”, with freedom and human rights, democracy and the rule of regulation, and prosperity and sustainable growth as its key rules.