G7 seeks common line on Gaza, vows ‘strong support’ for Ukraine
(L-R) High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani pose for group photo session during their G7 foreign ministers’ meetings in Tokyo on 8 November, 2023| AFP G7 foreign ministers sought Wednesday to hammer out a common line on the Israel-Hamas war while vowing there would be no let-up in their support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. The ministers were expected to call in a joint statement to be issued later in Tokyo for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, while stopping short of urging a ceasefire. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, arriving for the talks from his latest whirlwind Middle East tour, called Tuesday for the G7 to speak “in one c...