Cleverly to promote ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific at G7 ministers’ meeting


Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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James Cleverly will use a trip to the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Japan, and then to the Pacific Islands and New Zealand, to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific. The Foreign Secretary and his counterparts from the Group of Seven of the world’s advanced economies begin their three-day gathering in Karuizawa on Sunday, ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima in May. Discussions are expected to focus on support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, and closer security and defence ties in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in the Pacific. Ahead of his travels, Mr...