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Mr. Price added that the foreign ministers would also address the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, as well as issues including human rights, food security and gender equality.

Joining the ministers from the Group of 7 countries the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada in London will be representatives from Australia, India, South Africa, South Korea and Brunei.

Their attendance reflects a growing interest on the part of western nations to collaborate more closely with fellow democracies around the world as part of the broader competition with China and other countries exporting authoritarian values, including Russia.

Officials from those nations will join ones from the Group of 7 for a discussion on Wednesday about open societies, including media freedom and combating disinformation, Ms. Barks-Ruggles added. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, will join sessions on how to ensure a sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

During his stay in London from Monday to Wednesday, Mr. Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and his foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, and take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at St. Pauls Cathedral honoring soldiers killed in World War II.

Even as Biden administration officials have stressed their support for Ukraines government, they have also pressured Kyiv to complete reforms within the countrys notoriously corrupt political system. The State Department said that would be a priority for Mr. Blinken, and that progress in that area is key to securing Ukraines democratic institutions, economic prosperity and Euro-Atlantic future.

Briefing reporters on Thursday, Mr. Price said that the United States was deeply concerned by a recent move by Ukrainian cabinet ministers to replace the management of the countrys leading energy company, Naftogaz. Mr. Price called the actions just the latest example of ignoring best practices and putting Ukraines hard-fought economic progress at risk.

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