2021-05-06 07:35:27 GMT2021-05-06 15:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LONDON, May 5 (Xinhua) As the first in-person meeting in two years of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers ended here on Wednesday, officials vowed to tackle economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and various regional security issues.
Experts, however, have said the club of rich countries may prove to be inadequate to address global challenges if they fail to be more inclusive and seek exclusion of certain countries for reasons like ideological or political differences.
LIKE-MINDED OR NARROW-MINDED
To forge an alliance of like-minded countries, the G7 has invited representatives from the European Union, Australia, India, South Korea, South Africa, and this year s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Brunei, for the three-day meeting.
Experts warn against cliquism as G7 meeting ends
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As the first in-person meeting in two years of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers ended here on Wednesday, officials vowed to tackle economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and various regional security issues.
Experts, however, have said the club of rich countries may prove to be inadequate to address global challenges if they fail to be more inclusive and seek exclusion of certain countries for reasons like ideological or political differences.
LIKE-MINDED OR NARROW-MINDED
To forge an alliance of like-minded countries, the G7 has invited representatives from the European Union, Australia, India, South Korea, South Africa, and this year s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Brunei, for the three-day meeting.
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World Insights: Experts warn against cliquism as G7 meeting ends
Xinhua
06 May 2021, 17:30 GMT+10
LONDON, May 5 (Xinhua) As the first in-person meeting in two years of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers ended here on Wednesday, officials vowed to tackle economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and various regional security issues. Experts, however, have said the club of rich countries may prove to be inadequate to address global challenges if they fail to be more inclusive and seek exclusion of certain countries for reasons like ideological or political differences. LIKE-MINDED OR NARROW-MINDED To forge an alliance of like-minded countries, the G7 has invited representatives from the European Union, Australia, India, South Korea, South Africa, and this year s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Brunei, for the three-day meeting.