UK to host G7 foreign, development ministers’ summit

Highlights:

• The United Kingdom (UK) is going to host a summit of Foreign and Development Ministers from G7 in December 2021, in the city of Liverpool.
• Foreign Secretary of UK, Liz Truss will welcome counterparts from leading economies like US, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, EU and Japan.
• The summit will be held from December 10 to 12, 2021.
• It will be second in-person gathering of G7 Foreign Ministers in 2021.
• South-East Asian countries will also attend upcoming G7 Foreign Ministers’ meetings for the first time.
• These meetings highlight the growing Indo-Pacific tilt of UK.
• ASEAN Foreign Ministers from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand will be attending the G7 Summit.
• The G7 Foreign Ministers meeting will be held at the Museum of Liverpool, located on famous waterfront of the city.

• City of Liverpool is located in Merseyside, England. 
• It is a metropolitan borough and the tenth largest English district by population. 
• The metropolitan area of Liverpool is the fifth largest in UK. 
• The city is located on the eastern part of Mersey Estuary. 
• The city is noted for its culture, transport links & architecture and is closely associated with music.
• Metropolitan borough is type of local government district and a subdivision of a metropolitan county in England. 
• It was established in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. 
• In English Law, metropolitan boroughs are defined as metropolitan districts.