Britain invites three countries including Korea to the G7 meeting… “Corona recovery consensus formation”

[아시아경제 서소정 기자] The UK will hold a face-to-face meeting of the 7 major countries (G7) in June and officially invite Korea as a guest. The G7 is a council made up of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the G7 presidency, issued a statement on the 16th (local time), and this G7 Summit is a place to form a consensus that the global economy will recover from the shock wave of the novel coronavirus infectious disease (Corona 19) in a sustainable manner with free trade. He said he would make it.

Prime Minister Johnson said, “Corona 19 is clearly the most critical test bed of the modern international order we have experienced and the most destructive force we have seen for generations.” I have to do it.”

Prime Minister Johnson has invited Korea, Australia, India, and the European Union (EU) to the G7 summit as guests, according to the BBC.

The British government said, “The prime minister’s ambition is to use the G7 to strengthen cooperation among democratic and technologically advanced countries around the world.” “We invited the summit as a guest country.”

The UK G7 summit is scheduled to take place on June 11-13 at Carvis Bay, a resort in Cornwall in southwest England.

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