G7 pushes solidarity to tackle global threats

(from L) Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, (5L), Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas and France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (front) gesture during talks at the start of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London

G7 foreign ministers meet in London for their first face-to-face talks in more than two years on Tuesday, with calls for urgent joined-up action to tackle the most pressing global threats. China, Myanmar, Libya, Syria and Russia are all on the formal agenda as the ministers from the club of wealthy democracies prepare for a leaders' meeting in Cornwall, southwest England, next month. They will also discuss violence in Ethiopia, Iran and North Korea, Somalia, the Sahel and western Balkans, as part of what London said were ‘pressing geopolitical issues that threaten to undermine democracy, freedoms and human rights’. Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met his US counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday with both pushing a firm line on the need for a more unified approach.