This blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the G7 summit on Friday, May 19.
This blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the G7 summit on Friday, May 19.
- Japan is hosting the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, the hometown of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, from May 19 -21, welcoming leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The European Union is also a “non-enumerated member”.
- The event began on Friday morning with Kishida welcoming the visiting leaders and officials at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park where they laid wreaths for the thousands of people who were killed when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city in 1945.
- Discussions start at about noon with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how to respond to it high on the agenda.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also expected to address the leaders by video at some point during the weekend.
- Protesters took to the streets for a “Crush G7 Summit” in the city.