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On December 9 and 10, US President Joe Biden has invited 110 countries to a virtual conference on democracy. China, Turkey, and Russia were not invited, according to a list on the State Department’s website. Turkey is a NATO member, for example.
This list, on the other hand, includes Taiwan, a decision that is certain to irritate China given the deterioration of relations between the two permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Other significant allies of the United States have been invited to the meeting. India and Pakistan have been invited to the meeting from the South Asian area. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan have been excluded from the invitation list.
Only Israel and Iraq have attended the President’s summit out of all the Middle Eastern countries. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, which have traditionally been US allies, are not invited.
The summit’s aim is to galvanise commitments and actions around three major themes: resisting autocracy, combating corruption, and promoting human rights respect.
