Why German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined an invitation to the US for the G7 meeting
US President Donald Trump invited German Chancellor Angela
Merkel to the United States to attend the summit of the world's largest
economies (G7), but the German leader refused to accept this invitation.
According to Reuters news agency, on May 29,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially rejected the invitation of
US President Donald Trump to Washington to attend the meeting of the
world's major economy meeting (G7) scheduled to hold in late June.
Earlier, the invitation was sent by Mr. Trump to the leaders
of G7 countries. The G7 meeting was scheduled to be held in March at Camp
David (USA), but it was postponed due to the impact of COVID-19.
Newspaper Politico quoted spokesman Steffen
Seibert German government said Chancellor Merkel rejected the invitation of
President Trump for safety reasons, after reviewing the situation of COVID-19 and
how it is affecting the whole world.
"So far, considering the general situation of the pandemic, she cannot agree to personally attend a journey to Washington. The German Chancellor thanked President Trump for inviting him to attend the G7 summit."
Seibert said.
Ms. Merkel said that June was too early to conduct face-to-face
meetings, although some countries had begun to open the border and gradually
eased travel restrictions.
Sheets Channel News Asia said Merkel was the first
to give refusal to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, other G7 heads of state
do not have an official answer.
The group of countries with the largest economies in the
world (G7) includes the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
and the United States. Countries will take turns to organize annual
meetings. Last year's conference was held in France.
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