49th G7 summit

49th G7 summit
Host country	Japan
Date	19–21 May 2023
Venue(s)	Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture[1]
Participants	Canada France  Germany Italy  Japan  United Kingdom  United States  European Union Invited Countries  Australia  Brazil  Comoros  Cook Islands  India  Indonesia  South Korea  Vietnam Guest  Ukraine
Follows	48th G7 summit
Precedes	50th G7 summit
Website	www.g7hiroshima.go.jp/en/

The 49th G7 summit was held from 19 to 21 May 2023 in the city of Hiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture.^[2][3]

Leaders of G7 countries joined in Hiroshima to discuss a number of challenges to peace and prosperity facing the global order while consulting with invited guests. The issues discussed included the Russian invasion of Ukraine and effects on the international order, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other geopolitical crises. To resolve these issues, the G7 pledged to uphold the free and open international order based on "the rule of law", and strengthened the G7's outreach to emerging and developing countries.^[4]

The long invitees list reflects attempts to influence the "Global South", a term used for developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, all of which have complex political and economic ties to both Russia and China.^[5]

Many geopolitical commentators^[who?] remarked that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received much attention and dominated the summit,^[6] and that the Hiroshima summit achieved many objectives.^[7]

The leaders' communiqué featured commitments and statements on a range of topics including climate, health, food security, and technology. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nuclear nonproliferation, and economic security were the most prominent.^[8][9] Other five standalone statements were issued.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

In not one but two statements, the G7 made clear to China their stance on divisive geopolitical hot spots such as the Indo-Pacific and Taiwan, but the most important part of their message centered on what they called "economic coercion".^[15][16][12]