Trump expected to meet Zelensky and Middle East leaders at G7

US President Donald Trump will meet with Middle Eastern leaders and participate in a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the G7 summit in France next week, senior US administration officials said.

The G7 leaders will disembark in Geneva, in the French-speaking region of western Switzerland, before being transported across the border to the summit site in the French city of Évian-les-Bains.

Trump's relationship with many G7 member countries has become increasingly tense due to the war against Iran, among other issues.

What is the G7?
The G7 is short for the Group of Seven, an informal organization of leaders from some of the world's largest economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Russia was suspended indefinitely from the group, which was then known as the G8, in 2014 after the majority of member countries sided against the annexation of Crimea. It was the first violation of the borders of a European country since World War II.

What does the group do?
Members of the G7 meet annually at a summit to discuss urgent issues on the global stage and coordinate policies. International security and the global economy are frequently topics of discussion. Unlike formal international organizations, the group does not have any permanent administrative structure.

The host country, which changes every year, is responsible for organizing the meeting and proposing the agenda to be discussed. In addition to the G7 summit, there are a series of meetings of senior officials and the diplomatic corps of the states involved.

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Source: CNN