UK hosts first G7 foreign ministers meeting since pandemic began

Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Russia and China to top agenda at the first in-person meeting for two years.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations are gathering in London for their first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The week is billed by the United Kingdom, which holds the group’s rotating presidency, as a chance to reassert the West’s influence and address issues such as coronavirus recovery, climate change and growing tensions with Russia and China. It will launch with talks between UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.