<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to London from Monday primarily to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of Group of Seven (G7) rich nations.</p>.<p>India has been invited to the meeting as a guest country.</p>.<p>"The external affairs minister will be visiting London from May 3-6 to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting, at which India has been invited as a guest country. He will thereafter undertake a bilateral visit to the UK," the Ministry of External Affairs said.</p>.<p>The G7 member countries are Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.</p>.<p>The meeting from May 3 to 5 is expected to discuss ways to deal with the coronavirus pandemic besides several other pressing issues facing the world.</p>.<p>It will be the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers in over two years. The last G7 foreign ministers meeting took place in April 2019 at Dinard and Saint-Malo in France.</p>.<p>As chair of G7, the UK has invited India, Australia, South Korea, South Africa, and the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to join parts of this year's G7 foreign ministers' meeting as guests, according to British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).</p>.<p>It said the meeting will discuss Covid-19, climate change and other key issues.</p>.<p>"It will also draw on broader experience with guest delegates from the Indo-Pacific region," the FCDO said on Twitter.</p>.<p>In London, Jaishankar is expected to hold talks with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab as part of the bilateral leg of the visit.</p>.<p>Raab visited India in December during which both sides resolved to boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.</p>.<p>He had told reporters in India that the UK's Indo-Pacific "tilt" is aimed at grasping the opportunities as well as to manage "challenges and the pressures" arising out of China's actions.</p>.<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last month called off his planned visit to India due to the coronavirus situation. </p>
<p>External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to London from Monday primarily to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of Group of Seven (G7) rich nations.</p>.<p>India has been invited to the meeting as a guest country.</p>.<p>"The external affairs minister will be visiting London from May 3-6 to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting, at which India has been invited as a guest country. He will thereafter undertake a bilateral visit to the UK," the Ministry of External Affairs said.</p>.<p>The G7 member countries are Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.</p>.<p>The meeting from May 3 to 5 is expected to discuss ways to deal with the coronavirus pandemic besides several other pressing issues facing the world.</p>.<p>It will be the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers in over two years. The last G7 foreign ministers meeting took place in April 2019 at Dinard and Saint-Malo in France.</p>.<p>As chair of G7, the UK has invited India, Australia, South Korea, South Africa, and the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to join parts of this year's G7 foreign ministers' meeting as guests, according to British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).</p>.<p>It said the meeting will discuss Covid-19, climate change and other key issues.</p>.<p>"It will also draw on broader experience with guest delegates from the Indo-Pacific region," the FCDO said on Twitter.</p>.<p>In London, Jaishankar is expected to hold talks with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab as part of the bilateral leg of the visit.</p>.<p>Raab visited India in December during which both sides resolved to boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.</p>.<p>He had told reporters in India that the UK's Indo-Pacific "tilt" is aimed at grasping the opportunities as well as to manage "challenges and the pressures" arising out of China's actions.</p>.<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last month called off his planned visit to India due to the coronavirus situation. </p>