With Indonesia, India and others joining summit, Scholz hopes G7 summit can strengthen ties to burgeoning democracies

G7 summit or meeting concept. Row from flags of members of G7 group of seven and list of countries, 3d illustration

BERLIN, June 19 (dpa): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to make strengthening cooperation among democracies worldwide a focus of the G7 summit he will host in Bavaria later this month.

"It would be an important success if the summit was the starting point for viewing the democratic world in a new light," Scholz told dpa in an interview.