Experts warn against cliquism as G7 meeting ends
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2021-05-06 16:25:45Xinhua
Editor : Liu Yimeng
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As the first in-person meeting in two years of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers ended here on Wednesday, officials vowed to tackle economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and various regional security issues.
Experts, however, have said the club of rich countries may prove to be inadequate to address global challenges if they fail to be more inclusive and seek exclusion of certain countries for reasons like ideological or political differences.
LIKE-MINDED OR NARROW-MINDED
To forge an alliance of "like-minded" countries, the G7 has invited representatives from the European Union, Australia, India, South Korea, South Africa, and this year's chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Brunei, for the three-day meeting.