Boris Johnson called the Carbis Bay declaration proposed by the G7 to prevent future pandemics as “historic”

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, qualified this Saturday as “Historic moment” the signing by the G7 leaders of the “Carbis Bay Declaration” intended to act to prevent future pandemics.

“With this agreement, leading democracies around the world will pledge to prevent a recurrence of a global pandemic, so the devastation caused by COVID-19 does not repeatJohnson wrote on his Twitter account.

After their reunion Friday after almost two years, with friendly nudges and photos on the beach, and a reception with Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family the afternoon in a huge greenhouse in Cornwall, the work schedule promises to intensify.

To the Heads of State and Government of Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom will join their counterparts from South Korea, South Africa and Australia, in addition to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.

London, which this year chairs the club of the seven major economies, also guest in India, in one clear attempt to counter China’s influence in Asia and Africa, but your prime minister, Narendra Modi, has not visited UK but will participate virtually due to the serious health situation in your country.

He should also return to the discussions complicated post-brexit situation in the UK region of Northern Ireland, during a meeting between Johnson and the two heads of the European Union, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen.

The British Conservative leader will also meet with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, who warned this week that the agreements signed as part of Brexit “are not renegotiable”.

The animators will end the day in a warmer atmosphere, sharing a sunset barbecue on Carbis Bay beach, the southwestern coastal town where the summit is celebrated, with wood-fired marshmallows and a cocktail cold on the menu. .

Johnson hailed the start of the summit on Friday as a “Huge opportunity” to “rebuild better”, a “greener”, “fairer” and even “more feminine” world after the coronavirus.

Avoid another health disaster

After commit to donate 1 billion vaccines to poor countries end the COVID-19 pandemic as quickly as possible, leaders want to find a way to avoid a repeat of a similar crisis, which has already killed 3.7 million people worldwide.

The “Carbis Bay Declaration”, described by Downing Street as “historic”, include a series of commitments to prevent another health disaster. Among them is reduce the development time of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, strengthen health surveillance and reform the World Health Organization (WHO) to make it stronger. “I am proud that, for the first time today, the world’s leading democracies are united to ensure that we are never again caught off guard” in the face of a major health crisis, Johnson said.

The second day of the summit, which will end on Sunday, presents a resolutely diplomatic tone, with a defending multilateralism and examining international policy issues that will pay particular attention to China and Russia. the the protectionist tendencies of some countries in the face of the pandemic and tensions in supply chainsSymbolized by the global shortage of semiconductors, the G7 is also concerned.

The leaders pretend assert their “values” as liberal democraciesEven if this “will of course lead to a confrontation with Russia, but also, in some respects, with China,” the German Chancellor warned on Friday, Angela Merkel, before the summit opens.

The president of the United States, Joe biden, drive a great infrastructure plan in Africa and Asia to counter the initiative of China with the “new silk roads”, intended to finance major infrastructure projects to strengthen its international influence.

(With information from AFP)

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