Darius Minor
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Thursday, June 13, 2024, 11:33
Financial and military aid to Ukraine so that it can continue resisting Russia’s invasion is going to be the star topic of the first day of the G7 summit, which is being held from this Thursday to Saturday in the Italian region of Apulia. to the south of the country, when the Government of Rome exercises the semi-annual presidency of this organization of which the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany and Canada are also part.
After being received by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and taking the usual family photo, the world leaders present at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia hotel complex will hold a series of meetings on this first day on the impact of climate change in Africa, the situation in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is expected to participate in this last meeting, to whom the international leaders could announce, according to the negotiating teams, an aid plan worth approximately $50 billion, which would have the interests guaranteed. of Russian assets frozen in the United States and Europe.
The G7 meeting in Puglia is expected to produce a commitment to increase arms deliveries to the Government of kyiv to confront the threat from Russia, which is receiving support from China that could be in the spotlight at the summit. A few days after both the United States and the European Union announced new tariffs on the sale of cars manufactured in China, considering that they receive illicit aid from the authorities of the Asian giant, the leaders present in Puglia are expected to raise a front common against Beijing’s industrial challenge. There could also be a warning for Chinese companies to stop selling technological materials to Russia that could be used in the war against Ukraine.
Pope’s intervention
Migrations and Artificial Intelligence, about which Pope Francis will speak this Friday in Borgo Egnazia, being the first Pontiff to participate in a G7 summit, are other topics of the meeting, whose final declaration may not include a mention of the right to abortion, as initially planned.
While the previous annual summit, held in Hiroshima, advocated the need to guarantee “effective and safe access” to voluntary termination of pregnancy, this issue may not be mentioned this time. The positions on the issue are antagonistic between some of the governments present: while the French president, Emanuel Macron, promoted the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution, the Italian Executive, led by the conservative Giorgia Meloni, has increased public financing to anti-abortion associations.
The Italian Prime Minister will, in any case, have significant weight when it comes to making decisions at the Apulia summit, and not only because she is the host. Unlike the rest of the leaders, who arrive at the annual G7 meeting weighed down by domestic problems, declining polls or after having suffered a setback in the European elections last weekend, Meloni achieved great success in the recent elections, which which allows you to face this event as a golden opportunity to boost your international profile. In addition to the leaders of the G7 countries and the Pope, the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, India, Turkey, Algeria and Kenya will also be present at the summit.
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