Dominic Raab welcomed his counterparts to London for a meeting held with strict coronavirus restrictions.
The Foreign Secretary and the other ministers were separated from each other by clear screens at the summit table, the number of aides present in meetings was also limited and the traditional family photo saw the dignitaries masked and socially distanced on the stairs of the Lancaster House venue.
Awkward forearm bumps replaced the usual handshakes as the Foreign Secretary welcomed his counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, the US and EU.
The ministers discussed how to use their combined political clout to respond to China’s economic power and increasingly assertive foreign policy agenda.
G7 foreign ministers meet in London to discuss ways to counter China, Russia
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Tuesday May 04, 2021
(from L) Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau, Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, German Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, sit during talks at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London, Britain May 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Reuters
G7 discusses China in morning, Russia in afternoon.
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Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU trade commissioner, said time was not right to seal deal after Brussels and Beijing hit each other with sanctions
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Mr Dombrovskis’ comments suggest that the European Commission, which has long pushed for the deal, has accepted that political reality, despite Berlin pressing hard for the agreement
Credit: Mauro Bottaro
The European Union said it had halted plans to ratify an investment agreement with China on Tuesday, as G7 foreign ministers met in London to hammer out a common response to a more assertive Beijing.
Source: China State Council Information Office
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss efforts to build back better from COVID-19 and a possible free trade agreement between the two countries.
The meeting took place in London ahead of the first in-person meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers in two years, according to a statement by the British government.
“Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hosted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at 1 Carlton Gardens ahead of this week’s G7 Foreign Ministers meeting. They held a discussion on foreign policy priorities and opportunities to strengthen the UK-U.S. friendship,” a British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said in a statement.
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