Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) began a two-day meeting in the UK on Saturday as the world’s major democracies continue to be confronted by authoritarian governments such as China.
Top diplomats from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US with the EU are likely to discuss issues ranging from ways to ensure a global economic recovery after a pandemic to next year’s US-led diplomatic boycott Is. Winter Olympics in China, Kyodo News reported.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a press release issued ahead of the meeting: “This weekend the world’s most influential democracies will stand up to aggressors who seek to undermine freedoms and send a clear message that we are a united nation.” Front.”
Barring Myanmar, which has been mired in political turmoil after a military coup in February, the foreign ministers of the G7 countries will be accompanied by their counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The leaders are also expected to discuss China’s maritime aggression in the region during a session on Sunday, Kyodo News reported.
The meeting is being hosted by the United Kingdom, which holds this year’s G7 presidency.
The development comes after Britain, Canada and Australia joined President Joe Biden’s bid to boycott the Winter Olympics.
France and Japan are also considering this decision. According to CNN, the move marks an increase in pressure by the US on China over allegations of forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s western region of Xinjiang, particularly against the Uyghur population and other ethnic and religious minority groups.
Many countries have reprimanded China for human rights abuses by the Communist Party of China in Xinjiang province.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.
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