US postpones G7 Summit till September

US President Donald Trump has postponed the G7 Summit till September. He has expressed his desire to expand the Group to G10 or G11, including India and three other nations Russia, Australia and South Korea to the grouping of the world's top economies. 

The G7 members are US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and UK at present. Mr Trump has been over the weeks suggesting that there is



no greater example of reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic than holding an in-person G7 summit in America by the end of June.

 

He said, the G7 Summit could happen before the UN General Assembly session in September. The Presidential election in the US is scheduled for November 3. Mr Trump is seeking a second term in the White House.