G-7 Foreign Ministers Discuss ‘Rising Threats’ Against Democracy

Front to Back, left to right: EU's High Representative Josep Borrell, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the stairs at Lancaster House ahead of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in London on May 4, 2021. PA

G-7 foreign ministers are discussing geopolitical threats that undermine “democracy, freedoms, and human rights” in London on Tuesday during their first meeting since 2019.

“This includes relations with Russia, China, and Iran, as well as the crisis in Myanmar, the violence in Ethiopia, and the ongoing war in Syria,” the UK’s Foreign Office said in a statement.