G7 mulls a message to China_ the West ain’t over just yet
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The Group of Seven rich democracies will on Tuesday discuss ways of countering challenges from China and Russia without trying to contain Beijing or escalate tension with the Kremlin, two of its top diplomats said. https://www.eudebates.tv/ Founded in 1975 as a forum for the West’s richest nations to discuss crises such as the OPEC oil embargo, the G7 is debating responses to the two vast and increasingly assertive countries as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
"It is not our purpose to try to contain China or to hold China down," U.S. President Joe Biden's secretary of state, Antony Blinken told reporters on Monday ahead of the first in-person G7 foreign ministers meeting since 2019.
He said the West would defend "the international rules based order" from subversive attempts by any country, including China.
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attends the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting, on 4 and 5 May 2021, in London. https://www.eudebates.tv/ During the meeting, the High Representative and the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers discuss foreign policy and security issues – including those related to Afghanistan, the JCPOA, Libya, Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, Sahel, Syria, the Western Balkans, the Horn of Africa, as well as security in Asia and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
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They also discuss how to strengthen global cooperation and solidarity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 May, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, will be in London to participate in the physical G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting. Part of the meeting will also be attended virtually by Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.
During the meeting, the High Representative and the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States will hold in-depth discussions on a number of topical foreign policy and security issues – including those related to Afghanistan, the JCPOA, Libya, Russia and the Eastern neighbourhood, Sahel, Syria, the Western Balkans, as well as security in Asia and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The High Representative will introduce the exchange on the situation in the Horn of Africa, notably with regard to the crisis in Ethiopia and the security situation in Somalia.
During the meeting, participants will discuss how to strengthen global cooperation and solidarity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, ensure early and equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and treatments everywhere, and to start a sustainable global recovery. They will also address the issues of media freedom and the fight against disinformation.
"It is not our purpose to try to contain China or to hold China down," U.S. President Joe Biden's secretary of state, Antony Blinken told reporters on Monday ahead of the first in-person G7 foreign ministers meeting since 2019.
He said the West would defend "the international rules based order" from subversive attempts by any country, including China.
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attends the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting, on 4 and 5 May 2021, in London. https://www.eudebates.tv/ During the meeting, the High Representative and the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers discuss foreign policy and security issues – including those related to Afghanistan, the JCPOA, Libya, Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, Sahel, Syria, the Western Balkans, the Horn of Africa, as well as security in Asia and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
#eudebates #G7 #London #Borrell
They also discuss how to strengthen global cooperation and solidarity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 May, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, will be in London to participate in the physical G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting. Part of the meeting will also be attended virtually by Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.
During the meeting, the High Representative and the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States will hold in-depth discussions on a number of topical foreign policy and security issues – including those related to Afghanistan, the JCPOA, Libya, Russia and the Eastern neighbourhood, Sahel, Syria, the Western Balkans, as well as security in Asia and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The High Representative will introduce the exchange on the situation in the Horn of Africa, notably with regard to the crisis in Ethiopia and the security situation in Somalia.
During the meeting, participants will discuss how to strengthen global cooperation and solidarity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, ensure early and equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and treatments everywhere, and to start a sustainable global recovery. They will also address the issues of media freedom and the fight against disinformation.