She is likely to be joined in Osaka by the leaders of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United States as well as EU chiefs Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker. Climate change, trade and terrorism are expected to be leading topics of conversation at the summit on Friday and Saturday. Mrs May has said: “Undoubtedly there are issues facing us today on which our countries do not all take the same approach.

“But I firmly believe that progress will be greatest when we approach shared challenges in a spirit of genuine collaboration.

“As we have seen time and time again – we are always stronger when we work together.”

She is set to hold talks with Vladimir Putin while in Japan.

The acting Tory Party leader is also at odds with US President Trump over climate change and his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement which is considered as the spark for the recent escalation in tensions, London has joined Berlin and Paris in a desperate attempt to save the deal.

Mrs May has pledged to reduce British carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 and wishes to get other countries to follow her suit as well as discussing launching a strategy to precent terrorists from using the internet to spread what she describes as “vile” propaganda.

She explained: “From our ambitious plans to protect the environment and our relentless fight against extremism in all its forms, to our promotion of free and fair trade and our world-leading international development expertise – we have consistently shaped global responses to the most pressing challenges of our time and called on others to step up and do more.”

Downing Street sources said that the meeting with Mr Putin did not represent a normalisation of relations with Moscow.

The relationship broke down after the Skripal nerve agent poisoning in Salisbury last year, which was blamed on Russia.

A Mrs May spokesman said: ”We remain open to a different relationship but that can only happen if Russia desists from actions which undermine international treaties and collective security.”

One of the candidates vying to replace Mrs May, Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary has suspended sales of teargas and crowd control equipment to Hong Kong following allegations of police brutality in protests against a controversial extradition bill which could see people extradited to mainland China.

Mrs May will not be able to bring the issue up with Chinese President Xi Jinping as China has insisted Hong Kong affairs are solely down to China and a top foreign ministry official said it “will not allow” discussions on the situation in Britain’s final colony.

This summit is the last currently scheduled foreign trip by Mrs May, whilst some media outlets in Pakistan claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan used a phone call in March over Kashmir tensions to invite Mrs May to Islamabad with some saying she had accepted, there is no official confirmation about the visit, with Mrs May set to leave office on July 24th.

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