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Joe biden because theres so much that they want to do together with us, from security, nato, to climate change. its fantastic. its a breath of fresh air. a lot of things they want to do together. >> translator: i am happy that the american president is present here. being able to meet joe biden is obviously important because he stands with a commitment to multi-laterallism which we were missing in recent years. >> reporter: cnn international diplomatic reporter nic robertson joins us from carbis...

Kaitlyn collins. >> reporter: face-to-face diplomacy is back. >> okay. >> reporter: as president biden surrounded himself with other world leaders at the g7 summit. after being forced to meet remotely for a year, it was the first gathering of the foreign leaders since the covid-19 pandemic. >> it is genuinely wonderful to see everybody in person. i cant tell you what a difference it makes. >> reporter: biden arrived intent on restoring the traditional alliances that his predecessor often undermi...

Populist and that leads to autocracies. autocracies are growing. this is a moment where european leaders can support president biden and look at those values and sell those values back to the united states, if you will. >> reporter: nic, if multi-laterallism is back, what is it there to achieve? what are they announcing this weekend? what is it these seven leaders are doing? >> reporter: there will be a basket of things that they announce. one of the ones that weve got details on now is, you kno...

Silent moment for the remembrance. i think well see also a moment of silence here and it was after world war i that nations gathered together to form the league of nations, something talked about before world war i. the idea that multi-lateralism might stave off future wars. thats something emmanuel macron has been very much in favor of, although we hear from the trump folks that theyre not so much in favor of that in the united states. >> just looking at the line of world leaders who are welcom...

I want to go back one minute on obamas middle east policy. i think they got two things right. the solution is not in the hands of the u.s. and military intervention certainly is not going to fix things for the united states. that thing they got right. what they didnt get right is they were lured by the romance of public empowerment and that is luring. they forgot who writes the checks. >> final thought. >> final thought on germany. i dont think this is about germany turning against the u.s., i t...

Fundamental u.s. goal. this is when the u.s. needs more multi-laterallism. the world is a complicated and dangerous place, and you guys need other countries to help you out so when you spy on your friends, it makes them less friendly especially after the president has said to chancellor merkel im not going to do it anymore. >> youre saying this as a canadian. >> im saying it as a canadian politician. we love you guys but please dont spy on us. >> that being said, you know your phone is probably ...

The world ought to be constrained, as opposed to encouraged? >> i think hes the first one who has been able to implement it in so many perilous ways. certainly, hes very close philosopheically to michaeldi dukakis, jimmy carter -- dukakis, never elected. cart her his own problems. obama because of the maimplts in the first two years in particular, was able to ram through the new start arms control, through the senate, very detrimental to american national security, the budget cuts because of the...

Constrained, as opposed to encouraged? >> i think hes the first one who has been able to implement it in so many perilous ways. certainly, hes very close philosopheically to michaeldi dukakis, jimmy carter -- dukakis, never elected. cart her his own problems. obama because of the maimplts in the first two years in particular, was able to ram through the new start arms control, through the senate, very detrimental to american national security, the budget cuts because of the horrendous sequestrat...

Constrained, as opposed to encouraged? >> i think hes the first one who has been able to implement it in so many perilous ways. certainly, hes very close philosopheically to michaeldi dukakis, jimmy carter -- dukakis, never elected. cart her his own problems. obama because of the maimplts in the first two years in particular, was able to ram through the new start arms control, through the senate, very detrimental to american national security, the budget cuts because of the horrendous sequestrat...