Hiroshima to Host G7 Summit to Address Growing Russia, China Threats
TOKYO, Japan—The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will meet this week in Hiroshima, Japan, in a show of strength and unity to promote “the rule-based international order” in the face of escalating Russian and Chinese aggression.
The summit, which will take place May 19–21, will be the 49th annual summit of the largest advanced democracies—the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Canada.
President Joe Biden plans to attend the summit, even though he is in the midst of tough debt ceiling talks with congressional leaders. The president’s travel has been shortened, according to the White House, so that he can return to Washington earlier than planned to continue negotiations. Biden has postponed his post-summit visits to Australia and Papua New Guinea….