UK seeks unity at G7 meeting over Russia's 'malign behavior'
ABC News
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are gathering in Liverpool, England, for a meeting that host country Britain calls “a show of unity against global aggressors.”
LIVERPOOL, England -- Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized nations gathered beside the River Mersey in Liverpool, England, for a meeting Saturday that host country Britain called “a show of unity against global aggressors.”
The U.K. is seeking elusive unity from the wealthy nations’ club in response to tensions with China and Iran, and what it says is “malign behavior” by Russia towards Ukraine.
As a Salvation Army band played Christmas carols, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss greeted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other G-7 counterparts with fist bumps in the rotunda of the modernist Museum of Liverpool at the start of the two-day talks.
Truss warned before the meeting, amid concern about a buildup of Russia's troops near Ukraine, that “free democratic nations” must wean themselves off Russian gas and Russian money to preserve their independence.
