Trump postpones G7 summit until after presidential electionAugust 11, 2020 - 12:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Donald Trump said he has asked that the G7 meeting be postponed until after the U.S. presidential election in November, after a previous delay due to Covid-19 concerns, CNN reports. “I’m much more inclined to do it sometime after the election,” Trump told reporters at the briefing. “We were going to do it in September.” The summit was slated to be held at Camp David in June, and after a tentative plan to postpone the meeting and switch to a virtual conference, Trump had floated in May the idea of doing it in person in the fall. Trump said the White House had not yet formally invited leaders. “We haven’t sent out invitations. We’re talking to them,” he said. He noted he planned on inviting countries that aren’t formal members of the group of seven. Asked whether he would invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said he would do so because Putin is an “important factor.” “I certainly would invite him to the meeting. I think he’s an important factor.” Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |