The President is the only African leader who has been invited to the exclusive summit on May 26 and 27 in Taormina, Sicily, in Italy.
The G7 leaders are US President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President-elect Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and the UK’s Teresa May.
Attending will be European Union President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
This summit follows the G7 Summit in Japan in 2016 and the summit hosted by the EU in Brussels in 2014.
It will focus on the global economy, foreign policy, security of citizens and environmental sustainability.
The G7 summit plays an important role in shaping global responses to global challenges, complementing the global economic coordination carried out by the G20.
This is the first time a Kenyan leader has been read more
