South Korea says it will discuss Donald Trump's invitation to G7 Summit with US

South Korea is "aware" of US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join this year’s Group of Seven (G7) summit and would discuss matter with US officials, a Korean government official reportedly said. This comes after American leer, on May 30, anunced he was postponing G7 summit for late June. In dition o that, Trump also expressed his desire to invite or n-member nations such as Australia, Russia, South Korea and India to meeting.

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Meanwhile, German chancellor Angela Merkel declined US President Donald Trump’s invitation to attend possible G7 summit in June, international media reported. Stating reason for her decision, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert, reportedly said that currently, federal chancellor was considering “overall pandemic situation” and could t agree to her “personal participation” to a journey to Washington. Merkel h, in March, going into self-quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 infected doctor. According to reports, even Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was reconsidering decision.

What is G7 Summit? 

Often being looked at as grouping of 'rich countries,' G7 Summit includes seven countries that are considered most developed & industrialized ecomies of world, for m to discuss ecomic policies. grouping that was created in 1975 first included six countries, with Cana joining a year later. grouping also included Russia, but it was suspended in 2014. current G7 members are Cana, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States. US currently holds annual presidency of G7 countries.

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