>> he will be having tea this afternoon at windsor castle. he will be traveling to see nato and the eu leaders, then meeting with president putin on wednesday in switzerland. british prime minister boris johnson talked to reporters at the close of the g7 summit. responding to the coronavirus and relations with the european union.

>> good afternoon. this was the first gathering of g7 leaders in almost two years. i know the world was looking to us for nationalistic approaches that marked the initial global start to the pandemic. -- defeating covid for good. we have lived up to some of the most optimistic of predictions. i am sorry to hear that even the football team cannot watch the press conference in the way it is unfolding in the way they would like to. they will be able to catch up on the trials of the g7 later on.

i asked my fellow leaders to help prepare the doses we need to vaccinate the whole world by the end of 2022. i am pleased to announce that this weekend, leaders pledged over one billion doses through either direct funding -- 100 million from the u.k. -- which is another big step towards vaccinating the world. that is in addition to everything scientists and governments and the pharmaceutical industry -- vaccination programs. i want to mention the role of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, the most popular vaccine. the scientists have rightly been

given honors by the queen this weekend. over half a million people are safe because of the development and production of that vaccine. that number is rising. it is popular because it is being sold at a cost to the world regarding the ease-of-use in mind. astrazeneca was making zero profit on the production. millions more vaccines are being rolled out to the poorest countries in the world. 96% of the vaccines delivered by covax have been oxford-astrazeneca. we look towards the global recovery our countries are committed to lead, and we all

need to build back better for all of our people into the people of the world. that means facing -- preventing a pandemic like this from ever happening again. we want to spot new diseases before they get the chance to spread. we want to ensure prosperity benefits all citizens. my fellow leaders helped the global partnership for education working to make sure every child in the world is given the chance for a proper education, in which half of its fundraising goal, including a $430 million donation. it is an international disgrace that some children in the world are denied the chance to world -- to learn, and i'm grateful

that the g7 came together to support that cause. educating all children, particularly girls, is the easiest way to lift countries out of poverty and help them rebound. with just one additional year of school, girls future earnings can increase by 20%. g7 countries have agreed to get 14 million more girls into school and 20 million more reading by the end of primary school. the money we raised this week is a fantastic start. the world cannot have a prosperous future if we do not work for change. the summit will galvanize an actual fighting climate change for our children and grandchildren. we were clear this weekend that

action has to start with us. it was a fitting setting for the first ever net zero g7 summit. every one of the g7 countries has pledged to wipe out our contributions to climate change. we need to make sure we are achieving that and helping developing countries at the same time. what unites the countries gathered here, also australia, india, south korea -- not just for climate change, but our democratic values. talk about how important these

values are. with the g7 needs to do is demonstrate the benefit of democracy and freedom and human rights to the rest of the world. we can partly achieve that by vaccinating the world -- we can do that by working together, we can do that by giving every girl in the world access to 12 years of quality education. we can also do that by coming together at the g7 and helping the poorest countries to develop in a way that is clean, green, and sustainable. finally, everyone who helped

organize this summit, everyone involved, all the wonderful people -- it has been a fantastic summit. i want -- we want to express our thanks. >> on covid, you gave heavy hints of a delay when you said your objective was to get the vaccine program the speed it needs to beat the spread of the virus. so far, 44% of the population have two doses. what percentage of the

population needs to be double vaccinated before we can proceed with stage four, and how long do you think it will take? on the summit, he said in a recent interview that the brexit has been sucked dry and left a bit of a sour taste in the mouth of the summit. instead of building alliances, you are drifting farther apart. do you regret blowing up the brexit rounds at this summit? >> first of all, on covid, because i know many will be thinking about it. i have got to repeat what i said . the right time to fill everybody in on what we are going to do with step four on june 21 is

tomorrow, as i said. we will be putting a whole package of information together. i think the best way of having that -- on your -- [indiscernible] i think probably, we don't want to get it out. on your second point about brexit, i can tell you that the vast majority of the conversations we have had over the last three or four days have been about other subjects and

there has been a fantastic degree of commodity. we have gotten them to agree on a billion more doses -- everyone agreed. we have got every one to phase out the youths -- use of coal -- they said they would have 30% of their land and 30% of their sees protected by 2030. to set a 108 target production of new vaccines to prevent new variants. that is what took up our time.

i don't think i could have asked for a more cooperative or energetic response. >> your foreign secretary said this morning that he found the remarks on tb offensive. that is what your foreign secretary said. you're telling me that is not a diplomatic -- >> what i am saying is we will do whatever it takes to protect the territorial integrity of the u.k., but actually what happened at this summit was a colossal amount of work on subjects that are nothing to do with brexit. and launching projects for the benefit of the world.

who is going next? >> you would say that climate change is the most serious issue facing the world, but that does not appear to be the collective agreement here. the timetable for concrete action, like a limiting coal mining or petrol cars -- why is it so difficult to get a formal timetable in terms of combating climate change? the billion doses of vaccine for poor countries. you have an opportunity to explain [indiscernible]

>> i will repeat what i said. we make the point to continue to see this. it is the job of the you -- u.k. government to uphold that. the vaccines -- you talked about moral failure to supply -- it is made up of massive contribution by the united states, other friends, the u.k. putting another 100 million through next june -- this vaccine has only been invented very recently.

already, 1.5 billion vaccines have been disturbed and around the world. i think people in this country should be very proud that half a billion of them are a result of actions of the u.k. government. the u.k. has put in $1.6 billion into funding. we are doing everything we can -- >> they have a vaccine -- [indiscernible] >> we are producing vaccines as fast as we can and distributing them as fast as we can.

we have a target to vaccinate the world by the end of next year. it will be done thanks to the efforts of the countries who have come here today. the g7 has made great commitments -- i mentioned phasing out coal -- the subsidy of coal mining around the world. everybody at this meeting -- all of g7, i should say, agreed to phase out by 2050. they all made significant steps forward towards the $100 billion

we are going to need to help the developing world. as the rich nations, we need to build our credibility. in in this country, we started industrial revolution -- we are now asking other countries to make a change. that is why this government but 11.2 billion -- 11.2 billion. making very big commitments. i am not going to pretend our work is done. the prime minister who is the cochair and i -- we get those

commitments and make sure we get the worlds to the right place. >> the foreign secretary was very happy to talk. were you offended by president macron's comments? the health and environment of campaign were very clear that they want to go further. you wished you had been able to push your fellow leaders to get even greater commitments? >> thanks very much for inviting me to answer that. what i will say is that i think it is the job of the government of the united kingdom to uphold

the integrity of the united kingdom. it was a point i made to you yesterday -- that subject -- banishing the small proportion of our liberations -- deliberations. $2.5 billion have been pledged for girls education. that is not half bad. every country is increasing their climate finance. the by 2030 pledge, another billion vaccines, and so on. the atlantic charter and a new campaign to help countries around the world to build back

better, cleaner, and greener. i think there is much else -- it has been a highly productive few days. >> you said last year that -- demented chinese medicine. what have you learned this week about the lab theory? some of the crowd [indiscernible] >> i think the problem -- this

is the thing we have to focus on. the act that seems to be particularly prevalent in east asia is farming animals. that is where the risks are. at the moment, the advice we had is it does not look as though this particular disease had an origin from a lab. clearly, anybody can keep an open mind, but we did agree that we need pandemic preparedness to make sure the world works better in the future to keep this from happening. one of the things we agreed to

do was to strengthen the world health organization and make sure they have powers by the iaa or other inspectors who can go on the scene and to determine as independent as possible, what is going on. so people can have confidence about the etymology of these diseases. hopefully, in the future, a lot of this obscurity will be dispelled. that is the possibility i went and called up -- it is a

hypothesis. one of the most important hypotheses constructed, the specific has never been thrown my way. >> thank you, mr. prime minister, and thank you for including a few international reporters on your list. he described president biden as a breath of fresh air a couple of days ago. it is true that you and your government worked extremely hard to cultivate his predecessor, and there are lingering feelings in washington among democrats and some of the administration of suspicion about the johnson government and the belief that you are ideologically in tune with donald trump then you would be with joe biden.

i was wondering what, if anything, to dispel that -- what you would say to those in the u.s. who think of you as a clone of trump. on the issue of northern ireland , what you said today it about macron, how worried are you that with a devoted irish-american in the white house that this will spill over into the u.s.-u.k. relationship and cause issues? >> the whole issue of the relationship between the u.k. and the united states and what has happened over the last few years -- it is the job of all prime minister's do have close relations with the president of the united states.

it would be helpful, useful in building the partnership with joe biden -- it has been become interest we have in tackling climate change, as we have discussed extensively. the campaign i have been running on female education, which she completely shares. -- which he complete the shares. it is the core of what the government is trying to do. using infrastructure and skills and technology to get people access to high skill jobs around the country -- that is something i know the president is engaged in a big program for a lot of that agenda. when it comes to building back better for the world, and making sure we build back greenert together -- greener together --

we are on the same page. it has been very refreshing to listen to him. i think that -- greatest respect to all of our friends around the world to something i think we are going to fix. this is about making sure we protect and the territorial integrity of the u.k.. that is what we are going to do. >> thank you. a few questions, firstly on reopening. i understand you do not want to get ahead of the announcement,

but the whole country is watching the issue. can you say the full reopening will not be delayed longer than four weeks, and what is your message to the people who may consider breaking rules? >> first of all, thank you. i understand why people want to hear more about covid. i understand people's impatience. you asked some good questions. the best thing is to get all of this out in one package so that everybody can understand, and that is what we will be doing tomorrow, as i said. your point about trips and that

route. the crucial thing is to make sure that we build up manufacturing capacity around the world, particularly in africa. we are sharing knowledge as much as we can while protecting the incentives for innovation. you have got to accomplish both things at once. what we think is the right way to go is to sell these vaccines at this cost, and that is why they were particularly -- we champion to the oxford-astrazeneca by insisting they are sold at a cost, and

that is an effective way of killing it. the g7 agreed to look at that and see what they could do to expedite manufacturing capability. the particular solution that we come up with, which is making sure the vaccines are disturbed at a cost on a nonprofit basis. >> since the beginning, you wrote of the importance regarding china.

will it be vital for our western democracy? and the mention of the atlantic security in the future -- you have a great respect for the prime minister -- the package against covid. [indiscernible]

apart from the g7 connection, what does it mean to you, between italy and the u.k.? >> there is obviously special between italy and the u.k.. we just signed an agreement that could be used for two years for everything from security to tech to trade -- correct. we just finished the work.

we started a couple of years ago. we see it as incredibly important. you will have access to it as soon as it can be conveniently arranged. on mario, i remember in 2012 when he made a famous speech where he said he would do whatever it takes to save the euro. it was incredibly successful, and i think that he -- it is an absolute pleasure to listen to him. i think he gave a good summary

of what we need to do now. we need to get things working again. we need dynamism from the g7. he is right about that. in this recovery, we need to make sure this is not as unbalanced as the last one. he was powerful on that point. sorry. the answer is very simple. this is the area of the world are in the next 20 or 30 years you're going to see the most dynamic economic growth.

the middle class is rising. and where there are some tensions at the moment, we think they can be allayed by proper observance of the international system in which we believe. the u.k. together with our partners in the g7, including italy, is determined to do that. thank you. >> there were talking about the plan -- $100 billion a year. alongside that is a promise to develop a plan for climate. how are when might that happen?

a few years ago, it was concluded that the g7 was not serious about climate. we are short of the 11 billion doses we need to vaccinate 70% of the population before years g7 summit. i'm wondering whether you think the u.k. has the moral authority to bring other countries on board? >> on the first point about the 100 billion -- it is not going to be easy. it is a lot of money to raise. the u.k. has put 11.6 billion in, as you know. we have pledges from around the table. it is part of what we do. why should someone in the developing world believe that

they have to make some change in in their technology to cut here to? in previous decades, the richer countries -- we have got to make that commitment. that is the logic of it. i reject that outright, because the u.k. -- 1.2 billion -- half a billion vaccines have been distributed around the world. as a direct result of the -- i think you've got to look at the results.

i will tell you something. the point he just raised with me is not being raised by anybody else. with any other international leader. because they know that the u.k. is one of the biggest donors in the world, and they know that in spite of the pandemic, in spite of having to spend 407 billion pounds in this country, we are sweating 10 billion pounds supporting the poorest -- spending 10 billion pounds supporting the poorest and neediest in the world. we can be proud of it. thank you very much.

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