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Baerbock meets with G7 colleagues in Schleswig-Holstein

2022-05-12T02:42:22.751Z


Baerbock meets with G7 colleagues in Schleswig-Holstein Created: 05/12/2022 04:33 Starting today, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) will be advising her counterparts from the G7 group on the war in Ukraine. © Tobias Hase/dpa The Russian war against Ukraine is the focus of a series of diplomatic consultations in Germany that will last until next Sunday. But there


Baerbock meets with G7 colleagues in Schleswig-Holstein

Created: 05/12/2022 04:33

Starting today, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) will be advising her counterparts from the G7 group on the war in Ukraine.

© Tobias Hase/dpa

The Russian war against Ukraine is the focus of a series of diplomatic consultations in Germany that will last until next Sunday.

But there should also be other issues.

Wangels - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) will discuss the effects of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine with her counterparts from the G7 group of leading democratic industrial nations.

In this context, energy and food security should also be discussed.

The development organization One called on the G7 group to pay particular attention to the poorest countries.

The group must live up to their responsibility “and devote themselves to these multiple crises holistically and comprehensively.

The G7 must not forget Africa," said Stephan Exo-Kreischer, Director of One Germany, the German Press Agency in Berlin.

Also focus on food security

"The G7 not only have the opportunity, but also the obligation to take countermeasures here," emphasized Exo-Kreischer.

The corona pandemic has so far claimed the lives of at least 15 million people and brought more than 20 countries to the brink of national bankruptcy.

The climate crisis is having an even more drastic impact on those people who are most affected by poverty.

Currently, more than 850 million people do not have enough to eat - that's 55 million more since Russia invaded Ukraine.

To address food security issues, humanitarian appeals would need to be fully funded and economic support to vulnerable countries rapidly ramped up.

Baerbock wants to receive her colleagues in a hotel complex on the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein in the afternoon.

A working lunch was planned for the evening to discuss possible scenarios related to the war in Ukraine.

According to a spokeswoman for the Federal Foreign Office, the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Moldova, Dmytro Kuleba and Nicu Popescu, will also be present at the talks in Wangels.

A corresponding advisory session is planned for Friday morning.

Fight against the climate crisis and Corona

According to the spokeswoman, the talks between the G7 ministers will also deal with China's role and the situation in the Indo-Pacific.

In addition, the situation in Afghanistan, Africa and the situation in the Middle East as well as the joint fight against the climate crisis and the corona pandemic and their consequences would be topics.

The Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will be connected virtually to parts of the program.

Indonesia currently chairs the Group of the 20 most important industrialized and emerging countries (G20).

This Saturday, the meeting will turn into informal consultations between the NATO foreign ministers in Berlin.

There, too, the situation in Ukraine is likely to be the focus.

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Germany currently chairs the G7 group.

In addition to the Federal Republic, the group includes the NATO states USA, Canada, France, Great Britain and Italy as well as Japan.

Moldova's foreign minister is present at the deliberations because of fears that Ukraine's small neighboring republic could be one of the next targets of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

dpa

Source: merkur

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