LONDON, May 5 The Group of Seven wealthy democracies will discuss coronavirus vaccines Wednesday as they face growing pressure to share stockpiles and know-how with poor nations trailing far behind on fighting the pandemic. Foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and.
Canada became the first nation to clear the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for adolescents. The U.S. is expected to take similar action “within several days,” according to White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci.
Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) and Canada s Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau gesture at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers meeting at Lancaster House in central London on May 4. - AFP
LONDON: The Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Tuesday discussed how to form a common front towards an increasingly assertive China in the foreign ministers’ first in-person talks in two years.
Backing US President Joe Biden’s calls for a deeper alliance of democracies, host Britain invited guests, including India, South Korea and Australia, for talks in central London stretched out over three days.
The U.K. insisted a meeting of top Group of Seven diplomats in London should go ahead after India’s foreign minister said he would self-isolate over possible exposure to coronavirus.