London calls for ‘united front against democracy aggressors’

AGI – Create a united front against the “aggressors” who threaten “freedom and democracy”. That is the objective of the foreign G7 in Liverpool, according to host Liz Truss, British Foreign Secretary. “We must unite vigorously to confront the aggressors who seek to restrict the space for freedom and democracy,” said the head of diplomacy in London in the opening speech of the summit, “that is why we must speak with one voice.”

Truss called for thinking about how to “reduce strategic dependence” and strengthen the “security architecture” One of the great powers that declare themselves in the democratic field in the face of “tyranny”.

The name of Russia and China is not mentioned, but the reference is clear. Britain is the United States’ closest ally in China’s containment strategy, but the more pressing issue is the increasing deployment of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine. The US government has announced that it will send the Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Karen Donfried, to Ukraine and Russia from Monday to Wednesday, in the hope of “making diplomatic progress to end the conflict in Donbass,” in the Ukraine region in the hands. Pro-Russian separatists, “Implementation of the Minsk Agreements”.

Truss pointed to the need for a “united front against Russian aggression” in an interview with the new German Foreign Minister, Annalena Barbock, who, as well as US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, agreed on the need for a “response that stops” in the event of an escalation.

The foreign ministers of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom will also face the crisis in Myanmar, where the ruling military junta has sentenced former civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in prison. who took office on the first of February. The Iranian nuclear negotiations, which have now faltered, are also worrying.

Barbuk warned that “time is running out,” noting that Tehran postponed the deal “six months ago.” Some of the summits on the agenda have been extended to their counterparts in the European Union, South Korea and Australia.

On Sunday, the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will attend the plenary sessions on global health security and the Indo-Pacific region.

Shortly thereafter, he will revisit and travel to Southeast Asia to visit Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, an approach aimed at countering the expansion of Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific.