G7 leaders convene summit drive for billion jabs

Britain's Queen Elizabeth attends an event on the sidelines of the G7 summit, at the Eden Project in Cornwall, Britain on June 11, 2021. - AFP

CARBIS BAY, June 12 (AFP): G7 leaders were greeted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Fridayevening (June 11) after opening their first in-person talks in nearly two years, touting an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries in a show of revived Western democratic unity.

The club of leading economies -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and United States -- say a joint approach is the world's best chance for recovering from the global health crisis, and tackling climate change.