Foreign ministers from the world’s leading Western democracies meet in France against ‌the backdrop of wars in Iran and Ukraine, economic uncertainty, and mounting unease over an increasingly unpredictable US foreign policy. The two-day gathering at the restored 12th-century Abbaye des ‌Vaux-de-Cernay, south of Paris, starting on Thursday (local time) brings together ministers from the G7 – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US — alongside the European Union. [...]