UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss discussed international and bilateral issues with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Liverpool during the G7 foreign and development ministers' meeting.

"As fellow free-market democracies with historic ties, they agreed that the UK and France must make common cause in promoting freedom and democracy globally and challenging aggressors like Russia. The foreign secretary stressed the need for a practical, pragmatic approach to bilateral issues like migration, fishing rights, and trade", a spokesperson for the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a Saturday statement.

During Saturday talks's in Liverpool, Truss and Le Drian also discussed cooperation in the Sahel, as well as economic ties.

On Friday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed with new German Finance Minister Christian Lindner the United States' interest in cooperating with Germany on contingency plans to impose severe costs on Russia's economy should military escalation occur against Ukraine.