China drills, war in Ukraine high on agenda of G7 foreign ministers' meeting

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during their dinner at The Palace of the Facets in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, March 21, 2023. The two leaders and their foreign policies will be high on the agenda of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Karuizawa, Japan, starting Sunday, April 16, 2023. © Pavel Byrkin / AP

G7 foreign ministers are meeting in Japan for talks set to be dominated by China's growing pressure on Taiwan, and Russia's war in Ukraine.

The meeting of foreign ministers from United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan comes days after China concluded major military drills around self-ruled Taiwan, and with Beijing barring ships from an area north of the island on Sunday.