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The first in-person meeting of G7 leaders since the coronavirus pandemic has been thrown into chaos by heavy fog that has prevented heads of state from landing at the summit site | BevanShields G7 weather Cornwall
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson selected the Cornwall site to showcase the region’s natural beauty and warm temperatures over summer but a thick fog rolled across the region on Thursday afternoon local-time and has not lifted.
US President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are thought to be the only world leaders to make it into Cornwall before the fog set in at Newquay airport, which was to be used for all arrivals.The situation will delay the arrivals of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Korea’s Moon Jae-In and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will also be affected. The first face-to-face gathering of world leaders since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, the G7 summit is slated to run over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Leaders will discuss the pandemic, vaccine equity, plans for a global taxation shakeup and the rise of China. Morrison will have opportunities to speak to the G7 plus group throughout the weekend but his biggest contribution is expected on Sunday in a session on open societies and the recovery from the pandemic.on the need for liberal democracies to work together against economic coercion by autocracies.
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