What is the main topic of the opening ceremony of the G-7 Summit in Italy?

On May 26th, the G-7 Summit opened in the Italian Sicilian town of taormina. Leaders from seven countries, including the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, as well as European Union institutions attended. During the two-day meeting, leaders of participating countries will discuss issues such as security and counter-terrorism, economic environment and sustainable social development.

On 26th, the opening ceremony of the G-7 Summit was held at the Ancient Greek Theatre, the most famous historical site in taormina. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Gentiloni said that this summit will try to give answers on anti-terrorism, immigration, climate, trade and other issues. He said: "We look forward to the outcome of the summit. Everyone knows it's not easy. I hope taormina's splendid history and beautiful scenery can help. We will try our best to respond to the issues that the international community and the public are most concerned about, first of all, counter-terrorism and security, as well as climate change, immigration and refugee flows, as well as trade issues closely related to employment and economic prosperity. "

After the opening ceremony, world leaders walked to the meeting place, among which British Prime Minister theresa may, American President Trump, French President Macron and Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni were all new faces of the summit. After the change of government in some member countries, some policies and positions have also changed, and it is not easy for the summit to achieve results. European Council President Tusk bluntly said that this will be the most difficult G-7 summit in recent years.

Tusk said: "As we all know, the leaders attending today have different positions on some core issues, such as climate change and trade issues. The task of the EU is to make every effort to maintain the unity of the G-7 on all issues. "

A few days before the opening of the summit, a serious terrorist attack hit Manchester, England, making taormina martial law one of the G-7 summits with the strictest security measures in history. On the other hand, anti-terrorism and security issues have been put on the top agenda. In the afternoon meeting, all parties quickly reached an agreement and signed a joint statement, promising to strengthen information sharing and cooperation in anti-terrorism and security, cut off the funding sources of terrorist organizations, and urged Internet content providers and social networks to control the terrorism-related content spread on the Internet.

On the first day of the meeting, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Gentiloni, as the chairman, expressed overall satisfaction: the discussion process was free and open, and many positive understandings and achievements were achieved. However, there are differences on the issue of climate change. He said that six countries except the United States have made clear their positions and determination to deal with climate change, while the United States said that it still needs to think and will make a decision in the next few days or weeks.

Gentiloni said: "There is still an unresolved issue, and that is the attitude towards the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The President of the United States said that further consideration was needed, while other countries clearly expressed their full support for the Paris Agreement, because it concerns the future of all of us. We believe that after full internal consideration, the United States will also join in and play their important role. "

Taormina Town, where the summit is held, is picturesque, but Sicily is also one of the important destinations for African immigrants and refugees to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. The day before the summit, a refugee ship from Libya capsized that day, and 3 1 body was found that afternoon. The other side of the humanitarian crisis is the economic burden and social problems caused by the influx of refugees from some countries. According to reports, the draft final document of the summit stated that while protecting the human rights of migrants and refugees, countries have the right to control their borders and define quotas for receiving refugees according to their own security situation and economic development level. However, this expression may also be modified after discussion.

On the 27th, the G-7 summit will continue and an enlarged meeting will be held. Ethiopian, Kenyan, Nigerian and Tunisia leaders will be invited to attend.