The G7 summit takes off today 8th to 9th June 2018 in Charlevoix, Quebec. This summit will be on the theme "Protection of the oceans and preservation of fisheries".
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| Participants of G7 summit 2017. |
The member states of the G7 are ;
USA
France
Canada
U.K
Germany.
Japan.
Italy.
Heads of the European Union.
It's an unusually large group this year, twice the number that attended the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, last year.
It's also a geographically diverse group. Last year, all six invitees came from Africa. This year the outreach nations, which are chosen exclusively by the host country, come from every inhabited continent but Australasia.
These invited countries are;
Norway.
Rwanda.
Senegal.
Kenya.
Marshall Islands.
Seychelles.
South Africa.
Vietnam.
Bangladesh.
Haiti.
Jamaica.
Argentina
Rwanda is the only landlocked country on a list that includes several island nations and is regarded as the country chosen to represent the African Union.
Apart from talking on ocean protection and fisheries, the G7 summit will also talk on the répartition of aid to developing nations.
It was noted last year that poor nations plagued with calamities such as Haiti and Bangladesh received the highest amounts of aid last year.