G7 ministerial to take place virtually due to coronavirus: US

The meeting of the seven major industrialized democracies - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - was due to take place on March 24 and 25 in Pittsburgh.

The talks would likely take up crises - including the coronavirus - and also set the agenda for the G7 summit, which is scheduled for June near Washington.

Ortagus said the State Department hoped to hold a future event in Pittsburgh.

A historic steel town that has transformed itself through the tech industry, Pittsburgh lies in the politically crucial state of Pennsylvania and also played host to a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in 2009.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2020

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