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Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) posing for a photograph with other delegates during the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on Wednesday. Photo: Niklas Halle n/European Commission via AFP
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Jaishankar joins G7 meeting virtually, speaks to UK PM
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Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 10:55 PM IST
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson took time out during the G7 sessions at Lancaster House to connect with Jaishankar via videolink.
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Also on Wednesday s agenda for the G7 talks is media freedom, arbitrary detention and girls education.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on Wednesday joined the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting in London virtually after he decided to withdraw from the face-to-face meetings because of possible exposure to coronavirus. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson took time out during the G7 sessions at Lancaster House to connect with Jaishankar via videolink.
G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, rights abuses
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Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 11:59 PM IST
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Founded in 1975 as a forum for the West’s richest nations to discuss crises such as the OPEC oil embargo, the G7 this week addressed what it perceives as the biggest current threats: China, Russia and the coronavirus pandemic.
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On the coronavirus pandemic, the G7 pledged to work with industry to expand the production of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, but stopped short of calling for a waiver of intellectual property rights of major pharma firms.
The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but beyond words there were few concrete steps aside from expressing support for Taiwan and Ukraine.
Press release Foreign Secretary s meeting with EU High Representative and Vice President of the Commission Josep Borrell, 5 May 2021
Dominic Raab and EU High Representative and Vice-President of the Commission Josep Borrell met in the margins of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting in London.
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5 May 2021
In a joint statement, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and EU High Representative and Vice President of the Commission, Josep Borrell, said:
We are pleased to have reached an agreement together, based on goodwill and pragmatism, on an Establishment Agreement for the EU Delegation to the UK. The EU Ambassador will have a status consistent with heads of missions of states, including agrément and presentation of the credentials to the Head of State. EU Delegation staff will have the privileges and immunities needed to function effectively, while allowing for effective administration of justice, and we look forward to moving ahead and tackling global ch
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.