G7 Summit Offers SA Opportunity To Seek Broader Support For Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccines – Ramaphosa

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA|

LATER this week, I will be travelling to the United Kingdom to attend the G7 Leaders Summit. We have been invited as a guest country together with South Korea, Australia and India. 
 
The summit will discuss how to promote future prosperity through free and fair trade, championing shared values and tackling climate change, but the global recovery from COVID-19 is likely to dominate the agenda. 
 
In extending the invitation, the G7 group of countries acknowledge South Africa’s role in driving the continental response to COVID during our AU chairship, and the contribution it can make to global progress. 
 
Much as we are a developing economy and despite facing considerable challenges given rise to by the pandemic on our society, we have done and will continue to do our best. 
 
South Africa can hold its head high among the community of nations because we