US President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) challenged the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries to use their financial power to counter China’s rising global influence because he declared that Western democracies “are competing with dictators “.

Biden said he was “satisfied” with the results of the G7 summit in Cornwall on Sunday, but urged European leaders to support more ambitiously Alternatives to China’s “One Belt One Road” Initiative Through the provision of extensive infrastructure funding packages to poor countries.

European leaders attending the summit of the world’s largest developed economies are more cautious about angering Beijing. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the host of the summit, refused to specifically mention China in the closing press conference.

Several leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, said that the West must cooperate with China in key areas, especially climate change.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the G7 is “not hostile to China”, while a British official said: “The focus of the summit is to show our purpose, not whom we oppose.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) supported the establishment of a working group to explore ways the G7 government and the private sector can collaborate on infrastructure projects in developing countries.

After the meeting in Cabis Bay on the Cornish coast of England, Biden praised Summit bulletin The mention of China indicated that he was “satisfied” with the content and had “a lot of actions” in countering Beijing.

The President of the United States pointed out that the G7 did not mention China in its last meeting. “The G7 clearly agreed to condemn human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong,” he said, adding that another strategy is to pressure China to use forced labor.

Biden said: “We are competing with dictators and dictatorships around the world, not with China itself. Can democracies compete with them in the ever-changing 21st century.”

On the last day of the three-day meeting, the leaders of the Group of Seven countries launched a new initiative called “Building a Better World” (B3W), but failed to agree on the details of how it should be funded or what is needed. .

Biden stated that a committee will develop plans to focus on climate change, health, digital technology and gender equality to challenge Billions of dollars spent by China Regarding infrastructure in poorer countries.

“China has the’Belt and Road’ initiative, and we think there is a fairer way to meet the needs of developing countries around the world,” he said. The new fund will “represent the values ??represented by our democracies, not the lack of authoritarian values.”

However, climate change experts said that the G7 meeting failed to make any collective financial commitments to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions or respond to climate disasters.

It also downplays a promise G7 Minister of Environment A timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants was established last month. The latest communiqué canceled the goal of “achieving an absolutely decarbonized power system in the 2030s.”

The leaders of the Group of Seven have also been criticized for their ambitions They share the Covid vaccine plan And poorer countries. The communiqué stated that the organization will “directly share at least 870 million doses of vaccine next year.”

Oxfam responded that “1 billion doses would be a drop in the bucket, but they did not even achieve this.” The communiqué stated that since the beginning of the pandemic, the G7 has provided more than 2 billion doses of vaccine to developing countries.

Biden described the gathering as a break from the Trump era, saying “The United States is back at the negotiating table. The United States is leading the world again.”

A European diplomat pointed out: “Everyone is happy that the United States is back, but the leadership of the United States means that they will want what we have.”

Johnson stated that the summit’s characteristic was “very harmonious”, although Brexit issues and Northern Ireland’s new trade rules Negotiations with European leaders deteriorated.

The British Prime Minister insisted that he would “at all costs” to ensure that the post-Brexit agreement would not impose an unreasonable burden on trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.

China criticizes the United States and other members of the Group of Seven countries, believing that “true multilateralism” is based on the United Nations. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in London said: “Gone are the days when global decisions were made by a few countries.”

Additional report by Erika Solomon in Berlin