(UPDATE) KARUIZAWA, Japan: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies began talks in Japan on Monday, looking to come up with a unified message on concerns about China after controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The foreign ministers are keen to move past the firestorm created by Macron's assertion, following a trip to Beijing, that Europe should avoid 'crises that aren't ours,' and China was on the agenda even before official talks kicked off on Monday morning.
WATCH AND WAVE (From left) United Kingdom Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani pose for a group photo during the Group of Seven Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Prince Karuizawa hotel in Karuizawa town, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan on Monday, April 17, 2023. AFP PHOTO
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