REPRESENTATIVES of the world’s richest countries will meet face-to-face this week for the first time in two years. The G7 meeting in London begins today, with attendees from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK.
Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, and South Africa have also been invited.Regular COVID-19 testing, size limits and other measures will be in place to prevent the spread of the virus among those attending.
Today, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in the UK on Sunday evening.
The two are expected to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a post-Brexit trade deal, Iran’s nuclear programme, and China.
Mr Raab told Reuters news agency: “The scope for intense global cooperation, international cooperation with our American partners and indeed the wider G7, that we’re convening this week has never been greater.”
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