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The G7 Summit is a summit meeting held with the participation of the leaders of the seven countries of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Canada, as well as the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. At the G7 summit, the leaders gathered around a single table and formed a consensus through non-official, open-minded exchanges of views on various issues facing the international community. Summarize the results as a 'declaration'.
The summit was first held in November 1975. In the 1970s, among developed countries facing various problems such as the Nixon shock (dollar devaluation) and the first oil crisis, there was a high level of policy coordination on global economic issues (macroeconomy, currency, trade, energy, etc.). It was recognized that there was a need for comprehensive discussion in Against this background, the first summit meeting of the six countries of Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy was held at the Chateau de Rambouillet on the outskirts of Paris at the suggestion of (then) President d'Estaing of France.
Unlike many other international forums, the G7 Summit does not have a secretariat, but since the leaders of each country, who are in a position to oversee various fields in a comprehensive and cross-sectoral manner, make top-down decisions, Appropriate decisions and actions can be made quickly.
The country hosting the G7 Summit will serve as the G7 Presidency from January to December of the year in which it is held. The G7 presidency conducts various preparations and proceedings for holding preparatory meetings for the summit, actual summit meetings, foreign ministers' meetings, and other ministerial meetings.
This year's G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima. This is the 7th time the event has been held in Japan. It will be a historic summit in which the leaders of the United States, Britain, and France, all of whom possess nuclear weapons, will meet face-to-face in the atomic bombed city. Attention is paid to what kind of message the G7 will send.
The Yomiuri Shimbun and others reported in January that the Japanese government was considering inviting South Korean President Yoon to the Hiroshima Summit. Although South Korea is not a member of the G7, it attended the G7 Summit held in the UK in June 2021 as a guest (special participant) country. In 2020, US President Trump (at that time) criticized the G7 framework as 'outdated'. He said he would like to expand to G10 or G11 by adding South Korea, Russia, Australia and India. Due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, this year's face-to-face G7 summit was canceled, but South Korea will attend the G7 summit to be held in the UK in 2021.
The JoongAng Ilbo went further than the Japanese media reports in January of this year that President Yoon's invitation was "considered" and reported that the Japanese government had "already informed the South Korean government" of its intention to invite.
The newspaper said, "The Japanese government has proposed that President Yoon attend the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Prime Minister Kishida￥7s hometown, as an observer, aside from negotiating compensation for forced laborers. It is based on the judgment that it is desirable for President Yoon to attend in order to discuss the Ukrainian war, the situation in China and Taiwan, and the North Korea issue, which are the core agenda items," said a diplomatic source from both countries.
On top of that, the newspaper said, "If President Yoon attends the G7 summit, the South Korean government will be able to show off its status and presence as a developed country equivalent to a G7 nation, both at home and abroad. He also plans to stop by South Korea on his way home, so I think it will be a good diplomatic opportunity."
2023/03/06 13:11 KST
