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UK will be the president of the G7 in 2021, hosting the leaders’ summit in Cornwall in June

Prime Ministers and Presidents from the world’s leading developed, democratic nations will come together in Cornwall in June to address shared challenges, from beating coronavirus and tackling climate change, to ensuring that people everywhere can benefit from open trade, technological change and scientific discovery. The summit will be held in Carbis Bay, Cornwall from 11-13th June 2021. Australia, India and South Korea invited as guest countries, meaning summit participants will represent 2.2 billion people and over half of the world’s economy. 

“The G7 is a unique international forum, bringing the world’s leading open, developed, outward-looking democratic nations together to respond to the latest global challenges. Indonesia is a crucial partner for all G7 members, with dialogue with the world’s fourth most populous country making crucial contributions to action on key issues on the G7 agenda, such as climate change and sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The G7 can achieve results as a small and informal group, allowing leaders to be honest and open with each other" British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Owen Jenkins said on the press release received by Voice of Indonesia on Saturday. 

"In past years the G7 has taken action to strengthen the global economy, save 27 million lives from Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria and supported the education of millions of children in the poorest countries. In 2016 its members led the way in helping secure the historic Paris Climate Agreement to limit global emissions. The G7 has an opportunity to lead the global recovery from coronavirus: protecting peoples’ health, creating quality jobs and tackling climate change. Our role as President allows us to direct the G7 agenda – so we can tackle our big shared challenges like coronavirus and climate change.” Ambassador Jenkins explain. 

The UK Prime Minister will use the first in-person G7 summit in almost two years to ask leaders to seize the opportunity to build back better from coronavirus, uniting to make the future fairer, greener and more prosperous. 

The UK will also host a number of meetings throughout the year between Government Ministers from the G7, both virtually and in different locations across the UK – ensuring many areas of the country experience the benefits of the UK’s G7 Presidency. 

These ministerial summits will cover economic, environmental, health, trade, technology, development and foreign policy issues//NK