Biden, G-7 leaders huddle on energy, inflation, Ukraine war

Agencies | Washington

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President Joe Biden and his Group of Seven allies will huddle Sunday on strategies to secure energy supplies and tackle inflation, aiming to keep the fallout from Russia’s attack on Ukraine from splintering the global coalition working to punish Moscow.

Biden arrived in Germany’s picturesque Bavarian alps early Sunday morning for the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, where the reverberations from the brutal war in Ukraine will be front and centre in the discussion. He and the allies aim to present a united front in support of Ukraine as the conflict enters its fourth month.

President Joe Biden and his Group of Seven allies will huddle Sunday on strategies to secure energy supplies and tackle inflation, aiming to keep the fallout from Russia’s attack on Ukraine from splintering the global coalition working to punish Moscow.

Biden arrived in Germany’s picturesque Bavarian alps early Sunday morning for the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, where the reverberations from the brutal war in Ukraine will be front and centre in the discussion. He and the allies aim to present a united front in support of Ukraine as the conflict enters its fourth month.

Officials were also to discuss how to maintain commitments to address climate change while also solving critical energy supply needs as a result of the war.

“There’s no watering down of climate commitments,” Kirby said.

Biden is also set to formally launch on Sunday a global infrastructure partnership meant to counter China’s influence in the developing world, which he had named “Build Back Better World” and introduced at last year’s G-7 summit. Kirby said Biden and other leaders would announce the first projects to benefit from what the US sees as an “alternative to infrastructure models that sell debt traps to low- and middle-income partner countries and advance US economic competitiveness and our national security.”

After Germany, Biden will travel to Madrid on Tuesday to meet with the leaders of the 30 members of Nato to align strategy on the ongoing war in Ukraine.