G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in Person After Pandemic Pause, China High on Agenda

G-7 foreign minister's are socially distanced as they meet in London, with clockwise from left, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu, European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, during talks at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting, on May 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP

LONDON—Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations gathered Tuesday in London for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years, with China high on the agenda.

Host nation Britain is keen to show that the rich countries’ club still has clout in a fast-changing world, and has warned that the increasingly aggressive stances of Russia, China and Iran pose a challenge to democratic societies and the international rule of law.