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SME Times News Bureau | 30 May, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the G7 summit in
Washington due to the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported
Saturday, citing government spokesperson Steffen Seibert.
US
President Donald Trump said on May 20 that he was aiming for a real G7
summit in Washington in late June as a sign of normalization, reports
Xinhua news agency.
The summit was originally scheduled for June 10-12 at the presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland.
In March, however, the US government cancelled the arrangement because of the pandemic and scheduled a video conference instead.
Merkel had initially left open whether she would accept Trump's invitation to participate in a video conference.
In
whatever form this meeting takes place, "whether as a video conference
or otherwise, I will definitely fight for multilateralism. That is very
clear, both in the G7 and the G20", the Chancellor said on May 20.
Camp David is the country retreat for the US President, some 68 miles from Washington D.C.
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