G7 Foreign Ministers Urge North Korea to Denuclearize, Get Back to Talks Published May 6th, 2021 - 09:07 GMT
Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on May 5, 2021. G7 foreign ministers meet in London for their first face-to-face talks in more than two years, with calls for urgent joined-up action to tackle the most pressing global threats. Frank Augstein / POOL / AFP
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven countries urged North Korea to completely denuclearize and return to negotiations following a meeting of the top diplomats held in London.
Foreign ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations have committed to working with industry to expand the production of affordable coronavirus vaccines.
But the ministers stopped short of putting their support behind a campaign, led by India and South Africa, which calls for intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines to be waived so that production can be ramped up globally.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his counterparts from the US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and the EU met for a two-day summit hosted in London, where the pandemic was on the agenda.
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In a lengthy communique issued after the meeting, the foreign ministers said they supported “affordable and equitable” global access to jabs, therapeutics and diagnostics.
G-7 works on vaccine plan after pleas to help poor
By AFP - May 06,2021 - Last updated at May 06,2021
Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) and European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell pose for a photograph during the G-7 foreign ministers meeting in London on Wednesday (AFP photo)
LONDON The Group of Seven (G-7) wealthy democracies on Wednesday worked on plans to scale up global COVID-19 vaccinations, as calls mounted for a drastic increase in funding to help developing nations virtually shut out of early efforts.
Underscoring the challenges faced, the foreign minister of India where COVID cases have soared in recent weeks said he decided to participate in the London meeting virtually after potential exposure to the virus.