G7 foreign ministers meet in Germany over Ukraine

Foreign ministers from the G7, a group of industrialised nations, will meet on Thursday on the global consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said.

Baerbock said his counterpart from Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States (U.S.) would meet at a hotel on the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein.

According to the German Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba and Moldova, Nicu Popescu will also be present at the talks.

The spokesperson said the ministers would discuss energy, food security and other aspects of the war, while also touching upon the relations with China and the situation in the Indo-Pacific.

Besides, the spokesperson said the situation in Afghanistan, Africa and the Middle East as well as the joint fight against the climate crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic would be discussed.

Germany is currently chairing the G7.

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