Reference News Network, January 21 report: According to RT website on January 20, French President Macron said on January 20 at the World Economic Forum in Davos that France hopes the Group of Seven (G7) and the BRICS countries will establish closer cooperation to address the growing global "fragmentation".
This January, France began its term as the rotating chair of the G7.
The report said, when talking about the G7 agenda, Macron said Paris hopes to restore effective cooperation within the G7 while developing relations with a broader world. He said one of the goals is to "build bridges and cooperate with emerging countries, the BRICS countries, and the G20."
Macron said, "The world's division is unwise." He also said it is now time for "major powers" to prove they still have the ability to make joint judgments on the global economy and "commit to taking concrete actions."
The report mentioned that earlier this month, Macron expressed similar views in his annual speech to French ambassadors. He said then: "The G7 should not become a China-bashing club or a BRICS-bashing club." (Translated by Liu Zongya)
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