US President Donald Trump wants to postpone the summit of the G-7 alliance of industrialized nations for three months from June to get countries like India and Russia together.
"I would like to invite India and Russia to that meeting this time as well,"
Explaining the reason, Trump said that he thinks that sitting down with the current members of the alliance will not be able to understand exactly what the economic situation in the world is like. In his words, "the current member countries are not so much aware of the current world economy."
Apart from India and Russia, he also wants to invite Australia and South Korea to the G-7 summit, the US president said.
When can the G-7 meeting be postponed from June? Trump said that could happen next September. That could be before the UN General Assembly convenes. It may happen again later.
G7 member states include Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. Earlier, President Trump had hinted that this time the summit of the G-7 alliance could be held at Camp David.
