Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the closing press conference of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, May 21, 2023. Photo:VNA

Addressing the closing press conference, Kishida affirmed the G7 summit is the starting point for efforts towards building a world without nuclear weapons. He emphasized the importance of a rules-based international order and cooperation with Southern Hemisphere countries to jointly solve global problems.

Prime Minister Kishida said that as the incumbent President of the G7 in 2023, Japan will lead efforts to achieve the goals set out at the Hiroshima summit.

During the three days of meetings, the G7 leaders had 10 sessions on topics and three G7 “outreach” sessions with leaders of eight invited countries including Vietnam, Australia, the Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Cook Islands, and Comoros.

On the sidelines of the summit, a series of bilateral and multilateral high-level talks took place, including the Quad summit and the US-Japan-Korea trilateral summit.