British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised what he says is a historic action plan by G7 nations to prevent future pandemics.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acclaimed a"historic" action plan by G7 nations to prevent future pandemics, after COVID-19 wrecked economies and claimed millions of lives around the world.
Mr Johnson will also urge G7 allies to support plans for a global"pandemic radar" to identify emerging Covid-19 variants and track new diseases around the world.On Saturday's foreign policy agenda, this year's coup in Myanmar and crackdown on pro-democracy supporters in Belarus are expected to figure, alongside tensions with Russia and China.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron, ahead of a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Cornwall.He added Biden would be urging"concrete action" on the forced labour accusations, calling them"an affront to human dignity, and an egregious example of China's unfair economic competition".
Most of the leaders will reconvene Monday in Brussels for a NATO meeting, before Biden heads on to his first summit with President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, vowing to deliver a blunt message about Russian behaviour.In a rare interview with US media, Putin voiced hope Friday that Biden will be less impulsive than Trump, who faced criticism for being too soft on the Russian leader.
The collective steps include slashing the time taken to develop and license vaccines, treatments and diagnostics for any future disease to under 100 days, while reinforcing global surveillance networks.The leaders will vow to boost genomic sequencing capacity, and support reforms to strengthen the World Health Organization, according to Johnson's government, which like the US wants China to allow new access to WHO experts to determine how Covid-19 first emerged.
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