LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday will seek to agree with its G7 partners on decisive measures to protect democracies against global threats such as those represented by China and Russia.
On the second day of a London meeting of G7 foreign ministers to prepare for next month’s summit, the British foreign minister will chair discussions on threats to democracies, freedoms and human rights. man.
“The British Presidency of the G7 is an opportunity to bring together open and democratic societies, and to demonstrate unity at a time when this is really needed to respond to shared challenges and growing threats,” Dominic Raab said in a statement.
In addition to the other members of the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United States), Great Britain this week invited the foreign ministers of Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea.
The meeting, the first to be held in person in two years, is seen by London as an opportunity to support support for the upright international system in the face of what it sees as Beijing’s attempts, through its economic influence, and of Moscow, by malicious activities, to harm this system.
On the menu of discussions on Tuesday will also be the question of Burma, with a call for more severe measures against the military junta which seized power in early February in favor of a putsch.
Russia will be one of the major topics discussed in the afternoon, in particular to identify means of responding to the maneuvers of the Russian army near the border with Ukraine and the imprisonment of the opponent in the Kremlin Alexe Navalny.
Dominic Raab told Reuters on Sunday that he wanted a rapid reaction mechanism in place to counter Russian “propaganda” and misinformation. (William James; French version Jean Terzian)
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