The United Kingdom is planning to host foreign and development ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations and from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Liverpool from December 10 to December 12, it said.

The summit will discuss issues related to economic flexibility post-Covid-19, global health and human rights. Among the ministers who will attend the summit are from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, it added. Britain has the rotating presidency of the G7 in 2021 and has already hosted the COP climate summit in Glasgow and the G7 leaders’ summit in Carbis Bay.