From left: Foreign ministers Josep Borell of the EU, James Cleverly of Britain, Yoshimasa Hayashi of Japan, Antony Blinken of the U.S., Annalena Baerbock of Germany, Melanie Joly of Canada, Catherine Colonna of France, and Antonio Tajani of Italy, pose for a photo at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Muenster, Germany, on Thursday. By MATTHEW LEETop diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies sought Thursday to expand unified positions on Russia's war in Ukraine, China's growing global economic clout and Iran's crackdown on anti-government protestors. The U.N. nuclear watchdog reported Thursday that inspections of sites in Ukraine had found no evidence to support Russia's claim that Ukraine planned to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Beijing this week, becoming the first European leader to make the trip since the war in Ukraine began. The G-7 has weathered major changes since the foreign ministers issued their stark pre-war ultimatum to the Kremlin last December.

Source: Libya Today November 04, 2022 01:50 UTC