The group of world's seven richest nations said Saturday they would "never" recognise the borders Russia is trying to shift by force in its war against Ukraine and pledged enduring support for Kyiv, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"We will never recognize borders Russia has attempted to change by military aggression, and will uphold our engagement in the support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including Crimea, and all states," reads a statement published by the State Department on behalf of the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, U.S. and the high representative of the EU.
The statement also pledged to continue military and defense assistance for “as long as necessary.” The countries would also tackle what they called Russian misinformation aimed at blaming the West for food supply issues around the world due to economic sanctions on Moscow and urged China to not assist Moscow or justify Russia’s war, according to a joint statement.
In addition, the authors have called on China to support Ukrainian sovereignty and not help Russia, warning that Moscow's unprovoked war against Ukraine has threatened the globe by generating a severe food and energy crisis.
The statement came at the end of three days of G7 meetings in Germany.
Separately, on Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg regarding the NATO Foreign Ministerial taking place in Berlin today.
"They deplored President Putin’s ruinous war in Ukraine, reiterated their support for the Ukrainian people and Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and discussed the importance of NATO maintaining strong deterrence and defense." The State Department said in a readout. " They conferred about preparations for the upcoming June 28-30 NATO Summit in Madrid, including the new NATO Strategic Concept document that will guide NATO for the next decade"
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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