Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven G7 developed nations are to meet in London on Tuesday to discuss the most pressing geopolitical challenges facing the world, including Russia and China. The U.K. is hosting G7 foreign and development ministers in the first facetoface meetings since the coronavirus pandemic began, and the first gathering of the groups foreign ministers since 2019.

Geopolitical issues that the U.K. said threaten to undermine democracy, freedoms and human rights will be on the agenda Tuesday, including relations with Russia, China, and Iran, as well as the crisis in Myanmar, the violence in Ethiopia, and the ongoing war in Syria, the government said in a statement. Russias ongoing malign activity, the U.K. said, including the buildup of troops on the border with Ukraine, its imprisonment of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and the situation in Belarus, are high on the agenda.

The G7 is an alliance of the worlds most industrialized nations the U.K., U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. The EU participates in all discussions as a guest. Following talks through the day Tuesday, the foreign ministers will then hold a dinner discussion with guest countries Australia, India, South Korea, South Africa, and Brunei as the current ASEAN Chair.

Diplomatic relations between the G7 with Russia remain strained since its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine which led to Russias suspension from what was then the Group of Eight G8 and international…