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Today and tomorrow (22 and 23 April) the Foreign Secretary will be in Toronto for a meeting of Foreign Ministers from the G7 countries. During the summit the Foreign Secretary will discuss issues ranging from gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment, to non-proliferation and disarmament, to conflict prevention and stability. For the session on counter-extremism the Foreign Secretary will be joined by Home Office Security Minister Ben Wallace.

Speaking ahead of the meeting, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:

I am proud to represent the UK at this meeting of the top economies and international powers in the world. Last week London hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, and later this week I will travel to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers鈥� meeting.

皇冠体育app UK and Canada are the only 2 countries that are members of all these organisations 鈥� evidence not just the closeness of the UK-Canada relationship, but of the UK鈥檚 influence in the world. Influence that will continue long after we leave the European Union.

皇冠体育app G7 is a group of likeminded partners who work to protect the rules-based international system. I welcome unanimous G7 support in recent weeks both for the joint UK/US/French action in Syria, and for the UK鈥檚 response to the terrible poisonings in Salisbury. I look forward to continuing that work in Toronto this week.

Background

• 皇冠体育app G7 countries are the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. 皇冠体育app EU, represented by High Representative Federica Mogherini, will also attend the meeting.

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