By EARLE GALE in London and ZHAO HUANXIN in Washington | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-06 09:01 Share CLOSE Attendees take part in G7 foreign ministers meeting in London, Britain May 5, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
China loomed large on the agenda when foreign ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States sat down in London this week for the first face-to-face G7 meeting for two years.
The gathering, experts said, will have done little to persuade China that the world s leading industrialized powers are not out to get it. And the fact that the UK, the holder of the rotating G7 presidency, invited India, the Republic of Korea, South Africa and Australia may have added to that feeling.
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The ministers wore face masks and greeted one another with arm and elbow bumps.
Host nation Britain is keen to show that the rich countries club still has clout in a fast-changing world.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the meeting demonstrates diplomacy is back.
London: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations gathered Tuesday (May 4) in London for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years, with the issue of whether to challenge or coax a surging China high on the agenda.
Host nation Britain is keen to show that the rich countries club still has clout in a fast-changing world, and has warned that the increasingly aggressive stances of Russia, China and Iran pose a challenge to democratic societies and the international rule of law.
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India’s entire G7 delegation is self-isolating in London after two officials tested positive for Covid-19.
The final day of talks will go ahead on Wednesday but Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was to take part remotely after the two delegates contracted the virus.
The three-day talks hosted by the UK are the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers for more than two years.
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“Was made aware yesterday evening of exposure to possible Covid positive cases,” said Mr Jaishankar, who met UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Tuesday.
“As a measure of abundant caution and also out of consideration for others, I decided to conduct my engagements in the virtual mode.”