UK’s Raab: Some Countries Are Using Vaccines as a Geopolitcal Tool

UK’s Raab: Some Countries Are Using Vaccines as a Geopolitcal Tool
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gestures during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, on June 11, 2021. Toby Melville/Reuters
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CARBIS BAY, England—British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday there was no doubt some countries were using vaccines as a diplomatic tool to secure influence but Britain did not support so-called vaccine diplomacy.

Raab was speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Cornwall, southwestern England, that was likely to be dominated by the West’s attempts to reassert its influence as the world looks to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.