MNI: Text - White House Readout of G7 Leaders Call

     The White House Thursday released the following:

     Today, President Donald J. Trump chaired a videoconference with the leaders

of the Group of Seven (G7) countries. The leaders reviewed the coordinated

efforts to jointly combat the COVID-19 pandemic since their last meeting on

March 16, 2020, and discussed next steps to restore health, safety, and

prosperity.

     G7 leaders agreed to remain committed to taking every necessary measure to

ensure a strong and coordinated global response to this health crisis and the

associated humanitarian and economic calamity and to launch a strong and

sustainable recovery. The leaders recognized that the G7 nations annually

contribute more than a billion dollars to the World Health Organization (WHO),

and much of the conversation centered on the lack of transparency and chronic

mismanagement of the pandemic by the WHO. The leaders called for a thorough

review and reform process.

     G7 leaders also discussed efforts to pool their research and talent to

combat COVID-19 by sharing all relevant epidemiologic data and emerging best

practices, making research data and results publicly available, and providing

access to the world's most powerful supercomputing resources. Going forward, G7

leaders tasked their ministers to work together to prepare all G7 economies to

re-open safely and on a foundation that will allow the G7 nations to reestablish

economic growth with more resilient health systems and trusted supply chains.

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: evan.ryser@marketnews.com

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