business reporter this morning is katie silver has been looking into the story for is and joins us on the programme. always going to get you on the show. what is your sense of the key things to look out for today? key things to look out for toda ? ,, ~ ., ., ., today? sure. we have heard from the a-rou today? sure. we have heard from the grow) and today? sure. we have heard from the group and the today? sure. we have heard from the group and the key today? sure. we have heard from the group and the key things - the group and the key things are the war in ukraine and then china, particularly when it comes to china is its relationship and how is it how it plays our going forward when it comes to taiwan. the meeting began at the end of last night, a working dinner between the foreign ministers. we also saw the eu s top foreign policy chief, josep borrell, addressed the group by video link. is said basically when it comes to china they have the decision was the relations
morning as katie silver and she has been looking into this story for us and joins us on the programme live. it was great to get you on the show. what is your sense of the key things they re hoping to discuss and achieve at this meeting? figs discuss and achieve at this meeting? discuss and achieve at this meetinu? a ., meeting? as you said, at the to of meeting? as you said, at the tap of the meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda is - meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda is china. . meeting? as you said, at the | top of the agenda is china. we have seen it already. we heard, for example, last night there was a working dinner to kick off this three day event and by video link we heard from the top foreign policy chief of the eu, the high representative josep borrell. he is basically called on leaders of the g7 to put china and particularly its behaviour when it comes to taiwan as the major focus that they
looking into the story and joins me. great to get you on the show. what is on the agenda could it s a three day meeting, as you mentioned in a resort town about two hours from tokyo. it s a meeting about the foreign ministers of the g7 nations. last night, at a dinner, we saw the video link committee eu s top foreign policy official, high representative address the g7 foreign ministries and he said that when it comes to china and its relationship going forward, china needs to decide how it wants to be seen and china needs to decide how it wants to be seen wants to be seen and how it wants to be seen and how it wants to wants to be seen and how it wants to continue wants to be seen and how it wants to continue to - wants to be seen and how it| wants to continue to interact with the international community. he said that china is a partner, a competitor, a strategic rival, and as it navigates going forward, particularly surrounding taiwan, that impact its relationship with
hours outside of tokyo in a resort town, comes one month before we see the leaders of the g7 nations meet. china without a doubt and taiwan are going to be a big part of this conversation, in part in response to what we saw from china, beating last week, we saw this simulated encirclement, as it was called, of taiwan, by air, basie, huge numbers of vessel simulating what an encirclement of taiwan would look like, we ran need to remember that beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory and hasn t ruled out retaking it by force. taiwan for its part is democratically governed and sees this is usually crucial. the issue going forward for these g7 leaders meeting in the foreign ministers in particular is going to be how to balance that important issue of diplomacy versus politics. many are calling, for example, of the international community to come together in a concerted way including that eu high representative i mentioned, but there are different goals. the
month before we see the leaders of the g7 meeting in hiroshima. as i mentioned, china and particularly taiwan after the events of last week are top of the agenda, last week we saw what was called a simulated encirclement by beijing by both air as well as see of the four different sides of taiwan. beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out retaking it by force, taiwan for its part is democratically governed answers this is entirely integral to what it is. the difficulty here for these g7 foreign ministers is going to be navigating the political demands and the desire to come together in a concerted way with the economic demands which, for many, when it comes to china is wanting to continue and maintain trade. the us for its part has been one of the staunch objectors to china s growing power. but then we have seen some changing between their stances when it