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Posted on March 26, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleFrance will host G7 summit in Evian June 15–17, inviting leaders from India, South Korea, Brazil and Kenya—but not China—as part of efforts to broaden support for addressing global economic imbalances amid an escalating energy crisis.
By Michel Rose
PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) - France will host the leaders of India, South Korea, Brazil and Kenya at the G7 leaders' summit in Evian-les-Bains in June, a move Paris says is aimed at broadening support for its goal of correcting global economic imbalances.
At the core of France's push is a drive to prevent a "massive financial crisis" by urging China - which will be notable by its absence - to boost domestic demand and reduce its destabilising exports, and by calling on the U.S. to curb its deficits and on Europe to produce more and save less.
Those long-term ambitions risk being overshadowed, however, by more immediate pressures, with the summit unfolding against the backdrop of an energy shock caused by the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, while the relevance of the G7 itself is being increasingly questioned.
"We don't know where the Iran crisis will be by June," an adviser to President Emmanuel Macron said. "However it evolves, we will have to address its energy and economic consequences."
China will not attend the summit on June 15-17 and continues to question the legitimacy of the G7 as a "club of rich countries", French officials said.
France, which had tried to invite Beijing according to diplomatic sources, will "engage" China through separate channels, an official said, adding that it was also in China's interest to avoid a confrontation.
"The risk for China is to see global markets, and European markets, closing off to it," the official said.
The countries invited instead are all democracies and market economies that play by the rules of international cooperation, he added.
Adding to the uncertainty is whether U.S. President Donald Trump, whose use of tariff threats has rattled allies and rivals alike, not to mention the world's markets, will attend.
"I won't make any predictions, but if Trump doesn't come, it also makes sense - it's a new international reality and we need to organise ourselves accordingly," the official said.
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Peter Graff and Hugh Lawson)
India, South Korea, Brazil, and Kenya are invited to the G7 Summit hosted by France in Evian-les-Bains. China was not invited.
China was not invited as the G7 aims to engage it separately. French officials said China continues to question the G7's legitimacy.
The summit will focus on addressing global economic imbalances and the economic impacts of the ongoing energy crisis caused by the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran.
The 2024 G7 Summit will be held in Evian-les-Bains, France.
It is uncertain if U.S. President Donald Trump will attend, as officials declined to make any predictions.
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