EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION EDITORS’ INTRODUCTIONS
By John Kirton , director, G7 Research Group
Promising prospects for the G7’s Apulia Summit At their Apulia Summit, G7 leaders are tasked with a very broad and demanding agenda, and cooperation with and among relevant organisations, trust in multilateralism, and the G7’s relationship with the major growing democracies, the G20 and civil society are key to a strong performance
T he G7’s 50th annual summit, taking Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East, climate, energy, food and health insecurity, declining development, debt sustainability and democracy, especially in Africa and the Indo-Pacific region, and newer challenges from migration and refugees and artificial intelligence. place in Apulia, Italy, on 13–15 June 2024, confronts a wide array of interconnected crises, starting with Russia’s war against
In response, G7 leaders will build on the results of their special summits on 24 February and 14 April, and their ministers’ G7 meetings, to advance the G7’s distinctive foundational mission of protecting and promoting open democracy and individual liberty at home and abroad. They are led by the first female and youngest Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, at her second annual summit and her first as host. She is joined by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and French president Emmanuel Macron at their ninth, US president Joe Biden
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G7 ITALY: THE APULIA SUMMIT — 2024
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