Contents tagged with G7
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G7 agrees on $50 billion aid plan for Ukraine, funded by frozen Russian assets
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced that the United States is planning to provide Ukraine with a loan of approximately $20 billion. This funding is set to be part of a broader aid package agreed upon by the Group of Seven (G7) nations. The official revealed this during a press conference in Washington on October 22, at the opening of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, as reported by DW.
According to Yellen, these funds will be part of …
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G7 assures Ukraine of its continued support
The G7 countries assured Ukraine of their continued support. At a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 8, the foreign ministers of the G7 countries reaffirmed their commitment to continue to support Ukraine, despite the war in the Middle East, and to "impose tough sanctions against Russia," reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Against the backdrop of Israel's war with the terrorist Islamist movement Hamas, it is important that the G7 countries "unanimously send a clear signal …
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G7 will not pay rubles for Russian gas
The countries of the Group of Seven announced they have rejected the Kremlin’s demands that Russian gas be paid for using Russian rubles, Reuters reported.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that “unfriendly” countries would be required to pay for gas using rubles.
“I have decided to implement a set of measures to transfer payments for our gas supplies to unfriendly countries into Russian rubles," Putin stated.
On Monday, German economy and climate protection minister …
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German Foreign Minister rejects possibility of allowing Russia back into G7
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas rejected a proposal to allow Russia to rejoin the G7.
"The reason for Russia's expulsion was the annexation of Crimea and the intervention in eastern Ukraine," said Maas in an interview published in two German newspapers Rheinische Post and Bonner General-Anzeiger.
According to the minister, while there is no solution to the situation with Crimea and the Donbas, he sees "no chance" that Russia will join the G7.
The G7 includes the United States, Canada, …
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Kremlin: It is pointless for Russia to attend G7 summit
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the Group of Seven (G7, which includes France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Canada, the US and Japan) has lost its significance as an instrument of global governance, since most important matters are resolved in other formats, for example at G20 summits, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Interfax in an interview.
According to him, Moscow does not wish to return to the organization, and has not received an invitation to the next G7 summit …
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Ukrainian President Zelensky urges EU to keep Russia out of G7
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, reports the press service of Ukrainian President.
"Volodymyr Zelensky called on the European Union to show its determination against Russia's return to the Group of Seven (G7) until the annexation of Crimea and the aggression in the Donbas continue. These are the reasons why Russia was excluded from the G7," reads the message of the Ukrainian President.
Donald Tusk …
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Ukrainian President Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau condemn plan to allow Russia back to G7
On August 22, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They discussed Russia’s possible return to the G7, reports press-service of the Ukrainian President.
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Trudeau for Canada's firm position against Russia's return to the Group of Seven because of the aggression, which continues in the Donbas, as well as the annexation of Crimea.
"He also noted that in a situation where Ukrainians continue to …
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G7 Ambassadors urge Poroshenko to allow for smooth transition of power to Zelensky
Ambassadors from the Group of Seven countries called on the current president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, to ensure a smooth transition of power to his successor, Vladimir Zelensky. The publication Evropeyska Pravda cited a message from the French presidency of the G7 on Twitter when reporting the news.
“G7 ambassadors met with President Poroshenko today to discuss the progress of reforms during his presidency. They congratulated President Poroshenko on his achievements and exchanged views …
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Lavrov ‘allows’ Ukrainian Navy ships to pass through the Kerch Strait
Ukrainian warships can pass through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov without any problems, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview to the TV network “Zvezda”, reported RIA Novosti.
“As we have said many times, the fact is that Ukrainian warships can pass from the Black Sea to its ports in the Sea of Azov without any problems. The only condition is that the safety standards for traversing the Kerch Strait must be observed,” he said.
On 25 November last year, Russia …
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Germany and France insist on maintaining ‘Normandy format’ talks after elections in Ukraine
Germany and France insisted on the G-7 group countries to continue their mediating efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Berlin and Paris consider it necessary to continue negotiations in the Normandy format regarding the future of eastern Ukraine, said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during the consultations of the foreign ministers of the leading industrial countries which took place in Dinard, France, on Saturday, April 6.
Maas said that both Germany and France hope for further …