attractive financially, rather than a kind of moral or political encouragement. it will be interesting to see how these sorts of countries are involved as well and if they feature in any kind ofjoint communication at the end of this summit. we communication at the end of this summit. communication at the end of this summit. ~ . ., , this summit. we have also seen some interesting this summit. we have also seen some interesting bilateral - some interesting bilateral agreements that have been introduced. just before the summit began we saw introduced. just before the summit began we sanapan and france wanted to deepen their bilateral co ordination and the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, announcing more cooperation with japan as well, tell us more about what is part of that bilateral agreement between japan and the uk. bilateral agreement between japan and the uk. yes, he got his business japan and the uk. yes, he got his business done japan and the uk. yes, he got his business do
interesting always had to walk here. very interesting point always had to walk here. very interesting point there. - always had to walk here. very interesting point there. they do want to in one piece of news we rejust getting this do want to in one piece of news we re just getting this is bloomberg is reporting that the ukrainian president, lotta ms zelenska, will actually attend the g7 summit in person. the bbc has not been able to verify this information just yet. bloomberg is reporting this information. how significant would the key? it information. how significant would the key? would the key? it would be hutel would the key? it would be hugely significant. - would the key? it would be l hugely significant. obviously thatis hugely significant. obviously that is not been confirmed yet at all, there have been rumours in the lead up to this summit you might attend in person. it would be the first time he has attended something like this. essentially all his allies in one place.
care it appears receiving a little bit of information about this memorial, some of the inscriptions there are, they are receiving not only information but a translation there as we can see before they get started on their working lunch and get the summit under way, and an important point you made, we saw president biden standing there, he of course was planning originally to go to australia and to papua new guinea, just after this g7 summit, in a sense also to show the commitment to the region and also to counter china, we know now that the president has cut that trip short because he has to return back here to washington because of debt ceiling negotiations, we have also heard that the president is keeping a close eye on that as he is there injapan, he apparently held a call with his debt ceiling negotiation team as well today so he is very obviously keeping a close eye as we said and very much focusing on solving that debt
also japan as well. indeed and we are still also japan as well. indeed and we are still seeing also japan as well. indeed and we are still seeing these - we are still seeing these images of the world leaders here, the g7 leaders taking in more information about the memorial. interestingly we see the japanese prime minister kushida there, he is actually from hiroshima and he said in the lead up to the summit, i hope that here the g7 and leaders from elsewhere will show their commitment to peace which will be remembered in history so again touching on what you have said about this being an important location and one of course where leaders will be discussing current conflicts against this backdrop. interesting to talk about those sanctions, economists are divided about just how much these sanctions have actually hurt russia and hurt their war effort in one of the questions that has been asked is, with an expected counteroffensive coming from ukraine, how long can support from these g7
saying, this has been an important symbolic start to this summit and this is one thatjapan was keen this summit and this is one that japan was keen on hosting for many reasons but this of course is an important location as they stand there for a, it would appear, just before they get there summit started and nick was giving us some of the background of what the city is like, a day that the g7 summit is starting and have a question of militarisation and peace, these questions are still very much on people s minds here in hiroshima. you can see the leaders there as they stand together and they have promised together and they have promised to make a commitment again to reaffirm their commitment to try to continue to support ukraine in a current conflict and of course as we mentioned, contain china as well amid fears, particularly there in japan about the possibility of a chinese attack on taiwan. so it looks like they are just