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Joe biden because there's so much that they want to do together with us, from security, nato, to climate change. it's fantastic. it's 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 bay. you've covered countless g7 summits. it comes after the trump presidency. joe biden has pro...

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 can't tell you what a difference it makes. >> reporter: biden arrived intent on restoring the traditional alliances that his predecessor often undermined. some of those allies are already noting the difference in biden and his pred sesor including g...

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 we've got details on now is, you know, a statement on health. it's all about rebuilding post pandemic, about spending so that coronatio...

Silent moment for the remembrance. i think we'll 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. that's something emmanuel macron has been very much in favor of, although we hear from the trump folks that they're not so much in favor of that in the united states. >> just looking at the line of world leaders who are welcomed by emmanuel macron just underscores, you said, the world multi-laterallism and the global conc...

I want to go back one minute on obama's 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 didn't 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 don't think this is about germany turning against the u.s., i this i this is about a fundamental u.s. goal. this is when the u.s. needs more multi-laterallism. ...